Dreams
Cat sleeps on the deck, /
stretched across the door mat. /
Enter dreams with care.
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“Toy”
Toy
A soaked, stuffed child’s toy, /
left on a restaurant table, /
bathed by a lost sun.
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#toy #child #table #sun #restaurant #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #knoxville #davidebooker #april #Tuesday #042826 #2026
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“Hang”
Hang
I hang outside; my /
cat hangs near; moon hangs above; /
birds hang for his food.
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#hang #cat #moon #food #birds #I #senryu #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #monday #2026 #042726
“Star”
Star
Raindrops and stardust. /
Born from a star’s center, /
Iris blooms in my yard.
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#iris #raindrops #stardust #star #born #blooms #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #april #sunday #042626 #2026
“Touch”
Touch
Lamb’s ear – a young stalk /
hides among leaves and Iris, /
waits for a child’s touch.
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#touch #lambs #ear #iris #touch #child #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #stormhaven #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #saturday #042526 #2026
Photo finish Friday: “Cracks”
Cracks
Even in the cracks /
of broken sidewalks, plants grow. /
Grow in your own cracks.
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#cracks #sidewalks #plants #grow #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #april #friday #042426 #2026 #042723t
Haiku to you Thursday: “View”
View
Be unafraid of /
viewing an Iris as though /
it were your last.
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#view #iris #unafraid #last #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #april #thursday #042326 #2026
“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
“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
“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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