Category Archives: flowers

Little Blue [Haiku]

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Photograph of a blue Chicory flower, taken near Kolsay Lake in Kazakhstan.
from a gliding boat,
 a little blue flower spied
  as all else blurs.

Dandelion [Limerick]

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“Spring has lined all roads with dandelions.”
 At this a young girl started cryin’
     You see, to her ear,
     ‘Twas rational fear,
 For she was afraid of Dandy Lions.

Prickly Pear [Haiku]

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prickly pears bloom: 
 yellow offering bowls —
  bees give & take.

DAILY PHOTO: A Temple in Chiang Mai

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Photograph of a Buddhist Temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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.