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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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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January 22, 2024 · 10:34 pm

Let us
Let us ride balloons: /
Up to the heavens and moons. /
Light as grace and stars.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #balloons #moons #heavens #light #grace #stars #photooftheday #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #january #knoxville #tennessee #friday #2021 #012221
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January 5, 2024 · 8:20 am

Promises
New Year’s promises /
leak and give way /
like a rusted pipe.
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#promises #rusted #pipe #newyear #leak #poem #poetry #happynewyear #haiku #haiga #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #january #friday #010524
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December 8, 2023 · 8:44 pm

Hold
Patch the winter sky /
with growing bits of tonight. /
Hold back tomorrow.
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#hold #winter #sky #bits #tonight #tomorrow #haiga #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #december #friday #120823 #2023
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December 2, 2023 · 12:00 am

Cling
Fall rain clings to stems /
and leaves clinging to summer’s /
warm, fading promise.
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#cling #promise #leaves #stems #fall #summer #photo #haiga #haiku #poem #poetry #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #november #friday #120123 #2023
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November 24, 2023 · 12:39 am

Saved
My giblets were saved /
by buckling up. Gravy,
however, was lost.
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#giblets #buckling #gravy #lost #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #haiga #davidebooker #knoxville #november #friday #112423 #2023
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November 17, 2023 · 11:59 pm

Dappled November
Dabbled sidewalk. /
Sunlight footfalls through bare limbs. /
November travels.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #photo #haiga #sunlight #dabble #limbs #footfalls #sidewalk #november #friday #111723 #2023
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