June 9, 2025 · 10:34 pm
Reaching
The blue of evening /
cradles the quiet moon’s rise. /
Silent flowers wave.
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#flowers #sky #quiet #wave #silent #moon #poem #poetry #haiku #evening #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #photo #june #thursday #060922 #2022
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June 5, 2025 · 12:03 am
Entice
When reaching for stars, /
expect flowers to entice. /
They want their chances, too.
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#entice #flowers #stars #chances #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #june #wednesday #060425 #2025
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April 19, 2025 · 10:54 pm
Birthday
Thinking of you now. /
Remembering your roots now. /
Flowers bloom in town.
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#now #flowers #thinking #remembering #you #town #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #tuesday #birthday #041922 #2022 #haiga
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March 4, 2025 · 10:34 pm
Kindness
Kindness flowers — /
even in winter’s depths — /
in full scent and bloom.
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February 26, 2025 · 9:16 pm
To pluck is…
Breathe softly the scent. /
Flowers remind you to let go. /
To pluck is to forget.
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#pluck #flowers #022623t #forget #breathe #scent #haiku #poem #poetry #senryu #haiga #photo #oldnortknoxville #davidebooker #february #wednesday #022625 #2025

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February 17, 2025 · 12:06 am
Mercy
Prepare for the winds. /
Flowers are at their mercy. /
Beauty is no defense.
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November 9, 2024 · 5:36 pm
Limits
Life at the limits /
has turned loose its freak show. /
Flowers squirt poison.
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#life #limits #freak #show #flowers #poison #knoxville #davidebooker #bookeddy #november #saturday #110924 #2024
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October 26, 2024 · 11:57 pm
Best
Be not tomorrow. /
Flowers give their best now. /
The future has no eyes.
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#best #glowers #tomorrow #now #future #eyes #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #talltalestogo #october #saturday #102624 #2024
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October 2, 2024 · 11:02 pm
Vase
Inside the vase, /
same as outside the vase; /
flowers find home in both.
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#vase #flowers #home #inside #outside #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #october #wednesday #100224 #2024
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August 31, 2024 · 11:45 pm
Where
Where once bright flowers /
pulsated with energy, /
now rattle empty
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#where #flowers #energy #empty #rattle #pulsate #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #saturday #083124 #2024
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