May 30, 2025 · 12:02 am
Bespeckled
Bespeckled by rain, /
bright asiatic lilies /
shine like yellow suns.
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#bespeckled #lilies #suns #rain #shine #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #stormhaven #may #thursday #052925 #2025
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May 24, 2025 · 12:00 am
Sweet pea
The iris have peaked, /
the day lilies yet to bloom, /
the sweet pea shines.
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#sweetpea #shines #daylily #iris #bloom #peaked #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #stormhaven #may #friday #052325 #2025
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May 23, 2025 · 11:28 pm
Thunderhead
Thunderhead in the sky /
I watch you blithely float by. /
Why no rain? Say why.
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#thunderhead #cloud #rain #float #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #may #sunday #052222 #2022 #haiga
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May 22, 2025 · 11:17 pm
Listened
We sat and listened. /
When does breeze become wind? /
Leaves and chimes opined.
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#wind #chimes #breeze #listened #leaves #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #haiga #oldnorthknoxville #senryu #davidebooker #may #thursday #031923p #052225t #2025
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May 21, 2025 · 8:55 pm
Desires
Through its own desires, /
the Virginia Spiderwort /
returns and blooms.
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#desires #virginiaspiderwort #returns #blooms #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #may #wednesday #052125 #2025
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May 19, 2025 · 11:33 pm
Ripe
Reach for your today. /
Blueberry is ripe when ripe. /
Celebrate it now.
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#ripe #celebrate #blueberry #today #reach #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #may #monday #051925 #2025
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May 18, 2025 · 7:20 pm
Hail Mary
The Hail Mary here /
Is neither pass nor prayer /
But hope for the creek.
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#hailmary #pass #prayer #hope #creek #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #firstcreekgreenway #davidebooker #bethabooker #may #050518 #2018
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May 17, 2025 · 11:08 pm
Devil’s love
Love-in-a-Mist is /
also Devil-in-a-bush. /
Such is motherhood.
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#devil #love #mist #bush #motherhood #haiku #haiga #poem #poetry #haiga #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #sunday #051224 #2024
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May 16, 2025 · 3:15 am
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 #haiga #photo
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May 16, 2025 · 1:41 am
Wheels
Freedom of the wheels /
The Great American Dream /
Open road awaits.
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#051518 #wheels #freedom #dream #road #greatamericandream #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #davidebooker #knoxvilletn #2018
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