October 17, 2023 · 11:47 pm

Empty exit
Music made with tears, /
dissonance flows over me. /
Words clang: bullet, heart.
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#empty #exit #dissonance #tears #music #words #bullet #heart #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #photo #knoxville #davidebooker #october #101723 #tuesday #2023
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October 10, 2023 · 10:35 pm

Dog walk
A fall walk at dusk, /
tethered to the edge of light, /
two dogs and me.
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#fall #walk #dusk #light #tethered #dogs #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #oldnorthknoxville #talltalestogo #davidebooker #october #tuesday #101023 #2023
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October 3, 2023 · 11:43 pm

Last chance
Toward the waning sun /
the October sunflowers /
aim their last chance blooms.
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#sun #sunflowers #blooms #waning #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #October #Tuesday #100323 #2023
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September 19, 2023 · 11:17 pm

Night light
Pale light, pole light. /
Moon light, sliver in the night. /
Sun light far from sight.
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#night #light #sun #moon #pole #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #september #tuesday #091923 #2023
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#night #light #sun #moon #pole #poem #poetry #haiku #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #september #tuesday #091923 #2023
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September 12, 2023 · 9:14 pm

Upside down
Breakfast upside down. /
The mantis does not care and /
neither does his prey.
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#upside-down #breakfast #mantis #prey #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #september #tuesday #091223 #2023
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September 5, 2023 · 12:33 am

Ghosts
Fall daylight declines. /
Flaring houselights arise: ghosts /
of incomplete time.
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#fall #daylight #houselights #ghosts #time #incomplete #poem #poetry #haìku #photo #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #september #tuesday #080524 #2023
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August 29, 2023 · 11:45 pm

Find
Find the green pepper, /
spotted with August raindrops, /
ripened and waiting.
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#find #pepper #raindrops #waiting #ripened #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #tuesday #082923 #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 15, 2023 · 11:29 pm

Death
Death blames not itself; /
it caries forth its duties /
and bears its burden.
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#death #duties #burden #bears #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #august #tuesday #081523 #2023
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July 25, 2023 · 10:02 pm

Cheerful
While others wither, /
some flowers remain cheerful /
in the days still here.
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#wither #flowers #cheerful #days #photo #poem # poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #july #tuesday #072523 #2023
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