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“Desire”

Desires

Through its own desires, /

the Virginia Spiderwort /

returns and blooms.

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“Ripe”

Ripe

Reach for your today. /

Blueberry is ripe when ripe. /

Celebrate it now.

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“Battlefield”

A British sentry cuts a lonely picture as he stands at his post at sunrise in France, March 1915.

Battlefield

Battlefield sentry, /

fearing with the sunrise that /

fog and hope will lift.

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“Hail Mary”

Hail Mary

The Hail Mary here /

Is neither pass nor prayer /

But hope for the creek.

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#hailmary #pass #prayer #hope #creek #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #firstcreekgreenway #davidebooker #bethabooker #may #050518 #2018

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“Harsh”

Harsh

Harsh, the sky, burns gray /

a smoldering blanket over /

over soil and sail.

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#haiku, #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #knoxvilletn #davidebooker #harsh #sky #blanket #sail #soul #may #saturday #051725 #2025

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Devil’s love

Devil’s love

Love-in-a-Mist is /

also Devil-in-a-bush. /

Such is motherhood.

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Photo finish Friday: “First”

First

Yellow and skyward, /

the first Susan of the season. /

Flower and freedom.

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#first #yellow #skyward #Susan #season #flower #freedom #haiku #poem # poetry #knoxvilletn #davidebooker #051425tp #may #friday #2025 #051625 #photobynataliekurylo

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“Homegrown”

Homegrown

Homegrown blue- and rasp- /

berries held in a ball cap: /

stains soak in the crown.

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“Curiosity”

Curiosity

Curiosity /

builds wonder from achievement /

and knowledge from hope.

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“Author”

Author

Author, dear author, /

I relent, I repent, I plead: /

“Give me one more chance!”

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