
Homeless
Sweet, sickly scent — /
pine trees piled in the street, /
homeless from holidays.
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#homeless #holidays #scent #pine #tree #street #photo #haiga #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #january #friday #012624 #2024

Homeless
Sweet, sickly scent — /
pine trees piled in the street, /
homeless from holidays.
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#homeless #holidays #scent #pine #tree #street #photo #haiga #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #january #friday #012624 #2024

Embrace
Winter’s white embrace /
reflected in and on /
a car’s cold window.
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#winter #embrace #reflected #car #window #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #haiga #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #january #friday #011924 #2024

Whispers
Beneath my tired cane, /
the floor whispers its beauty /
to the soles passing.
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#whispers #soles #floor #cane #beauty #passing #photo #haiga #poem #poetry #haiku #knoxville #davidebooker #jaunary #friday #011224 #2024
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Promises
New Year’s promises /
leak and give way /
like a rusted pipe.
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#promises #rusted #pipe #newyear #leak #poem #poetry #happynewyear #haiku #haiga #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #january #friday #010524

Reflection
Upon reflection, /
I am what I am not. /
The mirror breaks.
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#122923 #2023 #reflection #I #mirror #breaks #haiga #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #knoxville #davidebooker #december #friday
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Stale fortune
Fortune cookie says: /
disregard all other fortunes. /
Cookie tastes stale.
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#stale #fortune #cookie #disregard #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #haiga #humor #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #december #friday #122223 #2023

Hold
Patch the winter sky /
with growing bits of tonight. /
Hold back tomorrow.
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#hold #winter #sky #bits #tonight #tomorrow #haiga #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #december #friday #120823 #2023

Cling
Fall rain clings to stems /
and leaves clinging to summer’s /
warm, fading promise.
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#cling #promise #leaves #stems #fall #summer #photo #haiga #haiku #poem #poetry #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #november #friday #120123 #2023

Saved
My giblets were saved /
by buckling up. Gravy,
however, was lost.
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#giblets #buckling #gravy #lost #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #haiga #davidebooker #knoxville #november #friday #112423 #2023
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Saved
My giblets were saved /
by buckling up. Gravy,
however, was lost.
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#giblets #buckling #gravy #lost #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #haiga #davidebooker #knoxville #november #friday #112423 #2023