August 27, 2023 · 11:40 pm

Slowly
Slowly in August /
the petals fall and then wants /
and needs are one.
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#slowly #petals #wants #needs #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #talltalestogo #August #Sunday #082723 #2023
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June 14, 2023 · 11:20 pm

Opening
Petals opening,
flowers await Sun’s embrace.
Moon’s smile lies hidden.
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#sun #moon #petals #embrace #mile #hidden #opening #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #june #tuesday #010113 #061423 #2023
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May 18, 2023 · 11:56 pm

Harvest
One warm day in May. /
One young blueberry ripens. /
One moment in time.
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#blueberry #harvest #one #moment #ripens #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #May #Thursday #051823 #2023
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May 13, 2023 · 9:00 am

Headline
Happy Mother’s Day! /
Early Detection Saves Lives. /
My mother’s or mine?
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#haiku #poem #poetry #newspaper #headline #poor_placement #satire #mothersday #davidebooker
#may #sunday #2021 #050821
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May 7, 2023 · 8:51 pm

Spiderwort
Small, purple petals, /
the Ohio Spiderwort /
weaves through your garden.
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#flower #garden #spiderwort #ohio #photo #haiku #poem #poetry #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #saturday #050722 #2022
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March 29, 2023 · 11:58 pm

Heavens
The colors of stars /
Constellations in bloom /
Heavens underfoot.
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#colors #stars #constellations #bloom #heavens #underfoot #032918 #haiku #photo #poem #poetry #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #march
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February 28, 2023 · 12:34 am

Relics
Sunlight paints the clouds. /
Storm relics in winter sky. /
Sunset pastels.
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#relics #storm #winter #sky #sunset #pastels #sunlight #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #february #tuesday #022823 #2023
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February 22, 2023 · 10:52 pm

Ice moment
Winter is not done./
Reaching out, a cold great aunt’s touch /
With soft glove missing.
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#haiku #poem #poet #poetry #writing #writer #davidebooker #february #thursday #2020 #ice #greataunt #winter #glove #touch #oldnorthknoxville #knoxville #tennessee #snow #missing #022220
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February 15, 2023 · 12:00 am

Possum love
The night was fulsome. /
The opossum was hungry. /
Bird seed made a feast.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #photooftheday #poemoftheday #opossum #possum #seed #night #feast #oldnorthknoxville #february #sunday #2021 #021421
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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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