green-topped granite.
a gnarled evergreen
clings to the side --
clings without clinging,
effortlessly jutting out
over the chasm
to feel the sun & wind.
Bonsai Bluff [Free Verse]
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Bougainvillea Greetings [Tanka]
bougainvilleas
beside the grand temple steps
have dropped petals,
but it seems the gardners
never let them hit the ground.
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Urban Jungle [Kyōka]
in a city park,
muscular baobabs &
wiry strangler figs
provide residences
for the fierce squirrels.
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And Then There Were Two [Haiku]
a pair of blossoms -
all that's left on the tree:
two blooms - side-by-side.
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Muscular [Haiku]
a muscular tree
poses with limbs outstretched;
shrubs are unimpressed.
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Braided Roots [Haiku]
twisted root piles
stretch across the walkway,
reaching like amoeba.
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Union [Haiku]
roots held up the wall;
the wall supports the tree.
now, they’re one & same.
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Gnarled & Nude [Haiku]
frangipani
have dropped leaves & blossoms,
& stand gnarled & nude.
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Hibiscus [Haiku]
hibiscus flowers
show their bright colors
on a winter day.
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“Trees” by Joyce Kilmer [w/ Audio]
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose busom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
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