May 2, 2025 · 11:50 pm

On the road
On the road to spring, /
the iris and the rose met /
after a May rain.
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#road #iris #rose #spring #rain #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #May #Friday #050225 #2025
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May 2, 2025 · 12:39 am
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May 1, 2025 · 9:30 pm

Oh, Dot
Oh, Dot, you left me /
amongst wet Iris mourners: /
rust and memories.
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#dot #rust #memories #iris #mourners #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #may #thursday #050125 #2025
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April 30, 2025 · 10:56 pm
Shade
Both born and reborn, /
spring trees offer shade to all /
beneath their branches.
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#spring #trees #shade #branches #born #reborn #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #043025 #2025 #april #wednesday
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April 30, 2025 · 2:34 pm
Memories
Memories are blades /
carving longing from the heart, /
leaving sorrow’s sting.
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#memories #blades #heart #longing #sorrow #sting #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #monday #042423 #2023 #haiga
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April 30, 2025 · 1:04 am
Sight
Spring and I see you /
in a cathedral of folds, /
Iris and sunlight.
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#iris #cathedral #sunlight #you #spring #you #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #sunday #042422 #2022 #haiga
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April 30, 2025 · 12:41 am
Evening
Iris veins and beards /
shine in sunlight’s last fingers. /
Evening’s dark heart blooms.
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#evening #iris #beard #veins #sunlight #fingers #heart #blooms #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #stormhaven #april #tuesday #042925 #2025
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April 23, 2025 · 11:35 pm
Last
Be not afraid of /
viewing an iris as though /
it were your last one.
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#last #iris #view #afraid #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #wednesday #042325 #2025
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April 23, 2025 · 10:51 pm

Last
Be not afraid of /
viewing an iris as though /
it were your last one.
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#last #iris #view #afraid #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #wednesday #042325 #2025
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April 22, 2025 · 11:50 pm
Whisper
Hear the rain whisper, /
each drop a word of beauty, /
heard by the young rose.
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#whisper #rain #rose #heard #beauty #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #april #tuesday #042225 #2025
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