November 4, 2023 · 11:24 pm

In one leaf
In one leaf is all
the fall, and in one moment
is all of a life.
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#leaf #fall #moment #life #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #november #thursday #110421 #2021
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August 25, 2023 · 11:39 pm

Life
Do flowers lament /
as they die or do they laugh /
with life’s transience?
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#life #laugh #lament #die #flowers #transience #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #friday #082523 #2023
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August 22, 2023 · 11:57 pm

Ghost
Is death life’s ghost or /
is life’s impermanence /
the ghost of death?
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#ghost #life #death #impermanence #photo #poem #poetry #senryu #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #tuesday #082223 #2023
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August 17, 2023 · 11:01 pm

Life
Each life is lived /
in the uncertainty of /
the hour of its death.
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#life #death #uncertainty #hour #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #thursday #081723 #2023
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April 23, 2023 · 9:33 pm

Life begins
Blueberries obscured. /
Unfolding with each moment. /
Gracing the future.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #blueberries #obscured #grace #future #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #april #friday #2021 #042321
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April 20, 2023 · 11:41 pm

Breeze
Life for all its faults /
Hangs like a Spring water drop — /
Waits for a freeing breeze.
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#oldnorthknoxville #poem #haiku #davidebooker #poetry #writer #writing #2019 #april #saturday #water #rain #breeze #spring #drop #life #faults #tennessee #blueberry #042919
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April 9, 2023 · 7:23 pm

Bringing
Sun said to Iris: /
“I bring forth a new Spring day. /
You bring forth new life.”
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#haiku #poem #poetry #sun #iris #spring #life #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #photooftheday #poemoftheday #april #friday #2021 #040921
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February 23, 2023 · 8:51 pm

Life
Mushrooms grow on death, /
turning a lifeless tree trunk /
Into life support.
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#life #mushrooms #tree #trunk #death #haiku #poem #poetry #photo #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #february #wednesday #022322 #2022
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February 18, 2023 · 11:38 pm

Life
Life is sorrowful /
But fool that I truly am /
I love you, always.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #josephcampbell #life #sorrowful #love #fool #davidebooker #february #thursday #2021 #021821
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