Category Archives: plants

Blue & Yellow [Haiku]

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spring gentians
 twirl amid buttercups
  on a green hilltop.

Cannonball Tree [Haiku]

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the cannonball tree:
 blooms bright & intricate, 
  but never delicate.

Bonsai [Haiku]

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a bonsai tree:
 gnarled & twisted, 
  yet so strong.

Leaf Thief [Haiku]

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a bird absconds
 with a tree's last few leaves
  for its Winter nest.

Rough Edges [Haiku]

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in springtime,
 wildflowers soften
  a stony landscape.

Yew [Lyric Poem]

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Oh, the Yew tree --
 Such a beauty!...
 But on that Yew,
 You'd best not chew:
   It'll kill you painfully.

Sneaky Trees [Senryū]

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it seems trees sneak --
 in ones and twos -- up the hill,
  as the woods watch.

Vista Tree [Haiku]

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a tree looms
 over the valley; 
  beloved of hawks.

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.