Category Archives: flowers

Two Faces of Spring [Haiku]

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Photograph of Small's Ragwort taken on Kaurava Kunda in Karnataka, India.
tiny flowers
 buffeted by wind
  & large raindrops

First Blossom [Haiku]

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petal flutters down
 from clustered Cherry Blossoms;
  is it the first?

Lying in Wildflowers [Haiku]

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Photograph taken near the Tabor Monastery of the Transfiguration in Tbilisi, Georgia.
lying down 
 amid wildflowers:
  city disappears.

Stony Ground [Haiku]

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Photograph taken in the Gobustan National Park outside Baku, Azerbaiian.
wildflowers bloom
 -- sheltered by boulders --
  on stony ground.

Daisy Waves [Haiku]

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Photographs of Ox-Eye Daisies taken in Baku, Azerbaijian.
ox-eye daisies
 ripple in the wind, or
  when tousled by hand.

Blossom Blush [Haiku]

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white blossom clusters —
 Cherry trees of Early Spring:
  some blooms blush, some not.

DAILY PHOTO: Wisteria

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A Sun Within [Haiku]

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Photograph of purple and yellow water lilies taken in Hanoi, Vietnam.
purple lilies
 open to reveal
  a Sun within.

Locus [Common Meter]

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One clump of flowers has the power
   To lure the eye’s focus.
 The background blurs as mind infers
    Which hue shall be the locus.

Naked Wisdom [Haiku]

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Photograph of a barren tree taken on the Butch Kennedy Trail, near Lake Hartwell, in South Carolina. 
one bare tree
 knew not to bud or bloom
  before the last freeze.