Inward
In a word: inward
The birds sing loudly today.
The cat sits alone.
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Category Archives: Poetry by David E. Booker
“Vogue”
Vogue
In Vogue, an old man /
carries his possessions, while /
walking with his cane.
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#vogue #cane #vogue #man #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #knoxville #tennessee #davidebooker #january #wednesday #010725 #2025
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“winter light”
winter light
Street light thins. /
Sun a little longer again. /
Winter day begins.
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#winter #lights #day #street #light #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #january #sunday #010426 #2026
“New and Not”
New and Not
Alone and not. /
A body and a shadow. /
New year and still old.
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#new #not #year #old #body #shadow #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #january #010126 #2026
“Sunday”
Sunday
Lawn mower thrums. /
Change of winds drives December /
down and up and down.
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#sunday #thrum #winds #december #up #down #123025 #2025 #haiku #haiga #poem #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #tuesday
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“Solstice”
Solstice
Winter loves slowly. /
Its long shadows stretch like life /
compactly marooned.
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#live #love #winter #marooned #shadows #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #december #tuesday #2021 #122121
“abstract”
abrstract
abstract argument /
argued in full abstraction /
no punctuation
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#punctuation #abstract #argument #abstraction #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #december #tuesday #121625 #2025
“Holidays”
Holidays
Once, I brandished light, /
large for the holidays. /
Now, just a small one.
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#light #holidays #brandished #large #small #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #senryu #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #stormhaven #december #thursday #121125 #2025
Haiku to you Thursday: “Waiting”
Waiting
Waiting for blood draw /
in Santa’s sad waiting room. /
Ho-ho-hole in me.
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#santa #waiting #waitingroom #blood #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #hospital #davidebooker #thursday #december #120425 #2025
“He says goodbye”
He says goodbye
The fog obscures as /
he says goodbye to his love. /
He sees clearly now.
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#goodbye #fog #love #sees #he #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photonotmine #casablanca #davidebooker #december #Monday #120125 #2025 #bogart
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