May 15, 2023 · 11:37 pm

Ripening
Each green blueberry /
a process of ripening /
timelessness into taste.
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#ripening #blueberry #timelessness #taste #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #monday #051523 #2023
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May 14, 2023 · 11:00 pm

Folded beauty
The folded beauty /
Of fading flower petals /
Ends not Spring’s bloom.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #may #2020 #petal #spring #bloom #beauty #photo #davidebooker #iris #thursday #oldnorthknoxville #knoxville #tennessee #yellow #051420
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May 14, 2023 · 7:12 pm

New myth
Eve didn’t eat first /
and he didn’t wait until ripe. /
It was the serpent.
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#myth #new #eve #serpent #eat #ripe #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #talltalestogo #may #sunday #051423 #2023
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May 13, 2023 · 10:15 pm

Stark
Cruel evening light /
renders its stark contrasts. /
Corners tucked in night.
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#cruel #evening #light #contrasts #corners #tucked #night #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #saturday #051323 #2023
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May 13, 2023 · 9:00 am

Headline
Happy Mother’s Day! /
Early Detection Saves Lives. /
My mother’s or mine?
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#haiku #poem #poetry #newspaper #headline #poor_placement #satire #mothersday #davidebooker
#may #sunday #2021 #050821
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May 11, 2023 · 11:46 pm

What’s sup
Young blueberries plump, /
on you will I one day sup /
or will birds fill up?
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#blueberries #sup #birds #plump #young #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #thursday #051123 #2023
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May 10, 2023 · 10:42 pm

Wind
Sun fuels plants and wind. /
Wind pushes the peony. /
Still, the flower blooms.
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#sun #plants #wind #flower #blooms #fuel #pushes #photo #poem #peony #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #talltalestogo #davidebooker #may #wednesday #051023 #2023
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May 10, 2023 · 7:30 pm

Purple cornflower
Bachelor’s Button /
growing by the road, waving /
at passing ladies.
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#cornflower #bachelor’s_button #ladies #road #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #may #tuesday #051022 #2022
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May 9, 2023 · 11:42 pm

Blueberry
Maybe tomorrow /
I will catch the sun and hold, /
turning green to blue.
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#blueberry #green #blue #sun #hold #catch #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #tuesday #050923 #2023
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May 9, 2023 · 11:04 pm

Love-in-the-mist
Slender to the eye, /
iridescent in the light, /
lives love-in-the-mist.
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#slender #irridescent #eye #light #love-in-the-mist #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #monday #050922 #2022
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