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Haiku to you Thursday: “View”

View

Be unafraid of /

viewing an Iris as though /

it were your last.

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“Treasure”

Treasure

What you see without /

must first be viewed within /

Treasure in your gaze.

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#treasure #without #within #you #viewed #see #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #monday #042023t #042125 #2025

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“Iris”

Iris

Standard and style arm, /

beard, branch, bud, and stalk: body /

in shade and sunlight.

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#iris #standard, #stylearm, #beard? #branch, #bud, #shade #sunlight #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #stormhaven #april #tuesday #042126 #2026

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“Dead metaphor”

Dead metaphor

Dead metaphor: /

I hold in my trembling hands /

new tools and old hates.

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#dead #metaphors #hands #tools #hates #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #senryu #davidebooker #april #sunday #041926 #2026

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“Regal memories”

Regal memories

Shadows and sunlight, /

irises in regal hue, /

memories of you.

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#regal #memories #shadows #sunlight #you #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #senryu #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #saturday #041925 #2025

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“Birthday”

Birthday

Thinking of you now. /

Remembering your roots now. /

Flowers bloom in town.

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#now #flowers #thinking #remembering #you #town #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #tuesday #birthday #041922 #2022 #haiga

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“Echoes”

Echoes

Even through wildness /

of chaos overgrown /

your beauty echoes.

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#echoes #wildness #chaos #overgrown #beauty #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #april #saturday #041826 #2026

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“Be”

Be

Be quiet as time. /

Be humble as a flower. /

Be grateful for smiles.

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#be #time #flower #humble #grateful #smiles #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #senryu #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #thursday #041725 #2025

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Photo finish Friday: “Roses”

Roses

Rose petals unfold, /

delicate but embracing; /

beauty blooms then leaves.

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#roses #petals #beauty #delicate #embracing #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #stormhaven #april #friday #041726 #2026

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Photo finish Friday: “Roses”

Roses

Rose petals unfold, /

delicate but embracing; /

beauty blooms then leaves.

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#roses #petals #beauty #delicate #embracing #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #stormhaven #april #friday #041726 #2026

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