July 5, 2023 · 11:50 pm

Back down
Back down to the floor. /
Heart upward toward the ceiling. /
Belly scratch ready.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #belly #heart #back #floor #ceiling #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #photooftheday #poemoftheday #july #monday #2021 #070521
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July 5, 2023 · 6:31 pm

Lilies
The fireworks spent. /
The promises unfulfilled. /
The day lilies bloomed.
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#lilies #fireworks #promises #bloom #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #July #Wednesday #070523 #2023
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July 4, 2023 · 11:30 pm

Voices
Endless voices shout: /
our freedom, where does it bloom? /
In all hearts of love.
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#voices #freedom #bloom #hearts #love #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #flag #july4th #talltalestogo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #july #monday #2022 #070422
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July 3, 2023 · 11:57 pm

Holding
Sunflowers live, then /
sunflowers die, each bloom holds /
life’s brief monument.
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#holding #sunflowers #live #die #bloom #brief #monument #photo #poetry #poem #haiku #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #july #sunday #070322 #2022
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July 3, 2023 · 7:48 pm

Traveling
Beginnings and ends /
woven into make believe. /
Memories accent.
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#traveling #beginnings #ends #make-believe #woven #memories #accent #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #northknoxville #davidebooker #july #2023 #070323 #monday
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July 2, 2023 · 11:59 pm

Clinging
Yellow roses climb /
the side of the old building, /
clinging to a dream.
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#roses #building #dream #climb #clinging #070223 #2023 #poem #poetry #photo #haiku #knoxville #davidebooker #July #Sunday
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July 1, 2023 · 10:43 pm

Poop
Poop on the petals. /
Beauty faces rejection, /
but ants aren’t bothered.
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#poop #ants #rejection #beauty #070123 #Saturday #oldnorthknoxville #faces #davidebooker #july #2023 #saturday
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June 30, 2023 · 11:58 pm

Desire
Tomato’s first blush. /
Kiss of rain, caress of heat. /
Season of desire.
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#tomato #season #kiss #blush ##caress #desire #rain #heat #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #june #friday #063023 #2033
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June 30, 2023 · 1:48 pm

Threshold
Today speaks decay. /
Memory echoes the past. /
Threshold whispers, “Why?”
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#threshold #why #echoes #whispers #today #memory #speaks #decay #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #photo #davidebooker #knoxville #talltalestogo #june #saturday #062522 #2022
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June 29, 2023 · 11:40 pm

Journeys
Sadness, hope, and smiles, /
journeys end as they began, /
sadness, hope, and smiles.
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#journeys #sadness #hope #smiles #end #begin #photo #poem #poetry #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #june #tuesday #062822 #2022
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