February 24, 2023 · 11:19 pm

Lambent
Evening limb lightning, /
jagged shadow descends trunk, /
lambent on asphalt.
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#lambent #limb #lightning #shadow #trunk #asphalt #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #february #friday #022423 #2023
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January 27, 2023 · 11:47 pm
Photo
Within the photo, /
I find your eyes and all the /
memories I hold.
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#photo #eyes #memories #senryu #haiku #poem #poetry #beth #davidebooker #january #friday #012723 #2023

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January 20, 2023 · 7:53 pm

Wish
With you I wish /
to share this last piece of cake — /
but not now.
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#wish #cake #you #piece #share #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #january #saturday #012023 #2023
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January 13, 2023 · 11:14 pm

Dismantling
Dismantling the tree: /
ornaments, lights, memories. /
Packing the past. /
No music to comfort me. /
Watch what the sock monkey sees.
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#dismantling #sockmonkey #ornaments #lights #memories #tree #christmas #music #photo #poetry #poem #tanka #waka #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #january #friday #011323 #2023
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Tagged as 011323, Christmas, David E. Booker, Friday, haiku, January, lights, memories, music, Old North Knoxville, ornaments, past, photo, poem, poetry, tanka, tree, waka
December 30, 2022 · 11:26 pm

Whelmed (dad joke, number 4)
Happy to see you. /
First, right amount of whelmed. Then, /
I was over it.
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#davidebooker #dadjokes #haiku #poem #poetry #humor #december #friday #123022 #whelmed #over #2022
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December 23, 2022 · 11:48 pm

Filter
I am a filter: /
fine drink, best food, newest things. /
Through me, these, too, shall pass.
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#filter #drink #food #things #pass #me #photo #senryu #haiku #poem #poetry #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #december #friday #122322 #2022
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December 16, 2022 · 9:55 pm

Holidays
The pumpkin laughs /
at the fat man trying to pass. /
The turkey flew the coop.
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#pumpkin #holidays #turkey #coop #fat man #laugh #photo #poem #poetry #senryu #haiku #talltalestogo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #december #friday #121622 #2022
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December 9, 2022 · 10:22 pm

Green senility
Old-man-in-the-spring, /
autumn is not your season. /
Green senility.
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#senility #autumn #spring #green #old-man-in-the-
spring #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #december #friday #120922 #2022
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December 2, 2022 · 7:13 pm

How
How immense the sky. /
How small the cardinal, yet
how wondrous he flies.
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#how #small #immense #wondrous #sky #cardinal #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #december #friday #120222 #2022
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Tagged as 120222, cardinal, David E. Booker, December, flies, Friday, haiku, how, immense, Old North Knoxville, photo, poem, poetry, sky, small
November 25, 2022 · 11:49 pm

Joys
Trees stand naked. /
Flowers succumb to the cold. /
The sun holds its joys.
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#joys #trees #flowers #sun #cold #naked #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #november #friday #112522 #2022
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