April 19, 2024 · 10:39 pm

Cocoon
An Iris cocooned /
in its purple spire working /
to bloom into now.
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#iris #cocoon #bloom #spire #now #poem #poetry #haiku #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #Friday #041924 #2024
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March 29, 2024 · 11:57 pm

Missing
Beneath the blind sun, /
the early blueberries start, /
missing your young smile.
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#missing #beneath #sun #smile #blueberries #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #haiga #senryu #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #march #friday #032924 #2024
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March 22, 2024 · 11:57 pm

Pollen pastels
Pollen pastels paint /
Spring across my car window. /
Monet hay fever.
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#pollen #pastels #car #window #spring #monet #hayfever #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #haiga #senryu #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #march #friday #032224 #2024
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March 15, 2024 · 8:47 pm

Nave
Above the still street /
the nave of empty limbs /
long for leaves’ hymns.
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#nave #leaves #hymns #limbs #street #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #haiga #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #march #friday #031524 #2024
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March 14, 2024 · 11:41 pm

Play
Sunlight and shadow /
play across the steps and cat, /
there and then not there.
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#play #sunlight #shadow #cat #steps #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #haiga #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #march #thursday #031424 #2024
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March 1, 2024 · 10:37 pm

Quietly
Quietly, he sits, /
life among the lifeless limbs, /
eyes watching winter.
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#quietly #life #lifeless #eyes #winter
#limbs #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #haiga #oldnorthknoxville #onk #davidebooker #march #friday #030124 #2024
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February 23, 2024 · 11:47 pm

Hearsay
A lattice of limbs, /
a cluttering of night clouds, /
a hearsay of the moon.
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#hearsay #moon #clouds #cluttering #lattice #limbs #poem #poetry #haiku #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #february #friday #022324 #2024
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Tagged as 022324, clouds, clutter, David E. Booker, February, Friday, haiga, haiku, hearsay, lattice, limbs, moon, Old North Knoxville, photo, poem, poetry
February 16, 2024 · 11:44 pm

Path
I find no jonquils. /
My path is barren and dark. /
Even the sun hides.
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#path #jonquils #sun #hides #barren #dark #I #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #photo #haiga #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #february #friday #021624 #2024
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February 2, 2024 · 10:35 pm

Guarding
The small dog stares /
through the balusters of the stairs, /
eyes guarding the night.
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#dog #stares #stairs #balusters #eyes #night #guard #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #haiga #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #february #friday #020224 #2024
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January 26, 2024 · 11:29 pm

Homeless
Sweet, sickly scent — /
pine trees piled in the street, /
homeless from holidays.
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#homeless #holidays #scent #pine #tree #street #photo #haiga #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #january #friday #012624 #2024
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