October 31, 2025 · 11:58 pm

Exit
Yesterday’s rain gives /
way to today’s puffy clouds. /
The sun dries the sky.
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#exit #sun #sky #clouds #yesterday #today #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #dvidebooker #october #103125 #2025
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October 10, 2025 · 12:17 am

Persimmons
Persimmons blush /
in the October sunlight. /
Orange orbs ripen.
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#persimmons #orange #orbs #blush #october #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #davidebooker #friday #101025 #2025
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October 3, 2025 · 10:29 pm

Windows
Windows ripple /
as new colors are layered /
upon an old house.
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#windows #ripple #colors #layered #house #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #october #friday #100325 #2025
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September 19, 2025 · 8:27 pm

Summer
Summer is ending /
and the sun’s pumpkin orange /
glow basks in cat’s fur.
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#summer #cat #sun #fur #pumpkin #haiga #photo #haiku #poem #poetry #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #september #friday #091925 #2025
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August 29, 2025 · 11:07 pm

Orphan
Orphaned in my cell, /
ten thousand of who I am, /
bury my soul.
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#082925 #orphan #soul #cell #senryu #haiku #haiga #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #knoxville #painting #ekphrasis #davidebooker #august #friday #2025
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June 27, 2025 · 7:18 pm

Treasure
Hidden from the world, /
opening under the sun, /
one treasure blooms.
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#062725 #treasure #blooms #hidden #world #sun #opening #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #talltalestogo #davidebooker #june #friday #2025
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June 20, 2025 · 11:38 pm

Moment
Within a moment /
past and future overlap /
and the present blooms.
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#moment #past #future #overlap #blooms #present #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #june #friday #062025 #2025
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May 30, 2025 · 11:59 pm

Knots
The fierce rain falls, /
then the Gordian clouds part. /
Knots untied in the sky.
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#knots #rain #gordian #clouds #sky #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #knoxville #davidebooker #may #friday #053025 #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 16, 2025 · 11:34 pm

First
Yellow and skyward, /
the first Susan of the season. /
Flower and freedom.
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#first #yellow #skyward #Susan #season #flower #freedom #haiku #poem # poetry #knoxvilletn #davidebooker #051425tp #may #friday #2025 #051625 #photobynataliekurylo
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