May 12, 2024 · 12:06 pm

Devil’s love
Love-in-a-Mist is /
also Devil-in-a-bush. /
Such is motherhood.
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#devil #love #mist #bush #motherhood #haiku #haiga #poem #poetry #haiga #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #sunday #051224 #2024
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May 10, 2024 · 11:53 pm

Blush
First blush of blue /
early blueberries ripen /
birds and man waiting.
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#blush #blueberries #ripen #birds #man #waiting #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #friday #051024 #2024
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May 9, 2024 · 10:47 pm

Kiss
Green berries pucker: /
kiss the sun, the rain, the soil, /
and sway in the breeze.
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#berries #kiss #sun #rain #soil #breeze #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #tallralestogo #davidebooker #may #thursday #050924 #2024
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May 8, 2024 · 11:43 pm

Three leaves
Three leaves gather rain. /
Heavy with sky, touch the ground. /
Glistening repose.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #leaves #rain #sky #ground #repose #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #wednesday #050612t #050824p #2014
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May 7, 2024 · 6:31 pm

Rose’s mind
I will never know /
a rose’s mind — only /
that you planted it.
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#rose #mind #you #I #planted #haiku #haiga #senryu #poem #poetry #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #tuesday #050724 #2024
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May 6, 2024 · 6:44 pm

Promise
Open the packet. /
Each seed is a promise that /
waits for my hard work.
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#promise #packet #seed #hard #work #my #poem #poetry #haiku #haiga #photo #senryu #talltalestogo #davidebooker #may #monday #050624 #2024
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May 5, 2024 · 11:21 pm

Hope
The Hail Mary here /
Is neither pass nor prayer /
But hope for the creek.
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#050518 #BethBooker #HailMary #creek #hope #May #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #firstcreekgreenway #cleanup #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker
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May 5, 2024 · 10:18 pm

Skirt
Iris rise from dark soil, /
dress in a skirt of May rain, /
bloom and fall from light.
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#skirt #iris #rain #May #light #bloom #soil #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #Sunday #050524 #2024
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May 3, 2024 · 10:26 pm

The Park
Spring strolls through the park. /
Shaking green from her sleeves and /
Color from her eyes.
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#poem #haiku #davidebooker #poet #poetry #writer #writing #may #2019 #friday #spring #park #color #green #sleeves #oldnorthknoxville #eyes #050319
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May 3, 2024 · 7:19 pm

One
One raindrop hangs /
from one green cherry hanging /
on one young tree’s growth.
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#one #cherry #tree #young #raindrop #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #may #wednesday #050323 #2023
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