April 3, 2025 · 11:55 pm
Wind
Wind ripples the flag, /
slapping at the stars and stripes, /
tattering the dreams.
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#wind #flag #slapping #tattering #dreams #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #knoxvilletn #davidebooker #april #thursday #040425 #2025
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April 2, 2025 · 10:46 pm
Poppy
Celandine poppy, /
bright yellow, blooming in spring, /
scent of poetry.
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#poppy #celandine #scent #yellow #spring #poetry #haiku #poem #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #april #wednesday #040225 #2025
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April 1, 2025 · 9:21 pm
Soft bread
Blooms on a cold day. /
Peanut butter on soft bread. /
Simple pleasures.
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#040125 #soft #bread#l #peanutbutter #blooms #day #cold #pleasures #simple #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #april #tuesday #2025
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March 30, 2025 · 12:39 pm
Holding
Pandora held her hope. /
Schrödinger held his question. /
I hold blooms and rain.
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#holding #pandora #schrodinger #hope #question #blooms #rain #I #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #talltalestogo #march #sunday #033025 #2025 #senryu
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March 27, 2025 · 11:32 pm
Schrödinger declined
Schrödinger declined. /
I am not dead or alive. /
I am the box.
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March 26, 2025 · 8:54 pm
Skeleton of memories
Winter killed our tree. /
Don’t know if it was before, /
during, or after /
your death. Dead limbs hang barren: /
no buds, no leaves, no cherries. /
Skeleton of memories.
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#death #tree #limbs #winter #skeleton #memories #waka #poem #poetry #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #photo #march #friday #032522 #2022 #haiga #tanka
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March 26, 2025 · 1:30 pm
Letting go
Setting sun lets go, /
leaving to our foolish night /
the dark undressing.
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#lettinggo #sun #night #dark #ungrasping #our #haiku #senryu #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #march #wednesday #talltalestogo #032625 #2025
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March 25, 2025 · 11:25 pm
Remembering
Even in fixed death /
there is the wounding beauty /
of remembrance.
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#remembering #death #wounding #beauty #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #march #saturday #032523 #2023 #haiga
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March 25, 2025 · 11:03 pm
Painted
Pollen paints car glass. /
Impressionist spring canvas. /
Breeze leaves its brush strokes.
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#painted #pollen #breeze #glass #impressionist #spring #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #march #tuesday #032525 #2025
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March 24, 2025 · 9:50 pm
Catkins
Oak catkins dangle, /
sway in the evening March breeze. /
Ghosts of spring twilight.
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#catkins #oak #ghosts #spring #twilight #breeze #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #talltalestogo #davidebooker #march #monday #032425 #2025
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