Category Archives: haiku

Lingzhi (灵芝) [Haiku]

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Ge Hong's Elixir?
 it does turn rotten wood
  into comely art.

To the Sea [Haiku]

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a leaf speeds over
 the falls; is trapped below,... 
  bobs to the surface.

Softscape [Haiku]

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angular rocks 
 softened by soil & grass
  to copy cloud shapes.

Waterfall Wildflowers [Haiku]

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wildflowers thrive
 in the cracks of a cascade;
  their days numbered.

Into the Last Light [Haiku]

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leaving the forest,
 see the last light of the day
  warm the hilltop.

Rainy Rice Field [Haiku]

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rain patters
 in the rice paddy;
  a frog croaks.

Bats in the Bamboo [Haiku]

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bats hang in bamboo —
 blanket-wrapped in wings —
  hang like their food, fruit.

Sound & Silence [Haiku]

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insects chirp
 under autumn skies; the
  river runs silent.

Poppy Mind [Haiku]

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wild poppies
 take my mind to a tragic
  poem learned in youth.

Grass & Rock [Haiku]

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a shoot sprouts
 in a shallow divot,
  on the rocky cliff.