Hidden

In an old garden, /
hidden in the rough moment, /
grace and beauty.
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Play

Light and shadow /
play across white petals, /
a backdrop for fall.
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Fists

Curled into dead fists /
brown leaves deny, then decay. /
Winter takes them in.
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Falling

Shadows, cane, and leaves. /
Sunlight falls through bare branches. /
Memories fall, too.
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Where

Where does the heart go /
when fall turns Maple leaves red /
and sends the warmth home?
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Wave

Wave of the hand. /
Easy out a car window. /
Wet streets and tears.
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Van

Multicolored van, /
painted lady of the street, /
turns heads and corners.
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Autumn

Autumn, our dance, /
let us continue slowly /
beneath the low sun.
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Jump

One small jump for friends. /
One last leap for summer fun. /
High above, stars wait.
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Sheriff

Up in the blue sky /
the sheriff comes buzzing by. /
Four circles, then bye.
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Unfold

The road, the sunlight, /
the promise in tomorrow —/
unfold with a map.
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Endure

Minute by minute, /
if I can make the hours run, /
my heart might endure.
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Shunned

The Sun slowly fades /
as the Earth tilts toward the stars. /
A lover’s kiss shunned.
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#sun #earth #fades #kiss #lover #stars #shunned #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #knoxville #davidebooker #september #wednesday #092822 #2022 #haiga

From 2011

Three Parts

Blueberry picking
starts at Three Rivers Market.
Buy a plant and plant.
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#100311 #blueberry #plant #market #threeriversmarket #photo #poem #poetry #haiku #oldnorthknoxville #davidebooker #bethbooker #October #2011 #photo #haiga

Art

Art is ageless /
and can fill expectations /
in any season.
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Dust

The house and the world, /
the light and the shadow: /
dust troubles them all.
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Changing, clinging

Leaves changing, clinging; /
Moon changing, clinging, too /
to Earth, to you, to me.
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#changing #clinging #leaves #moon #earth #you #me #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #knoxville #davidebooker #september #wednesday #093026 #2026 #senryu

Pale

Pale full moon descends /
through the pale-blue morning sky /
and through my pale heart.
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#pale #moon #sky #heart #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #knoxville #davidebooker #september #monday #senryu #092826 #2026

Sulfur Cosmos

Sulfur Cosmos, /
invasive border crosser, /
wild along the road.
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Fall

Stretched out and relaxed, /
cat lies across the railing, /
empty as the fall.
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