the bonsai tree
isn't a BANZAI! tree,
yet looks 10,000.
NOTE: “Bonsai” [盆栽] means “potted plant.” “Banzai” [万歳] means “10,000 years,” (in the manner of “long live the king.”)
Long Live Bonsai [Senryū]
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Category Archives: plants
A Sun Within [Haiku]
Stony Ground [Haiku]
roots grow down
through stony ground -- still,
Spring brings deep green.
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Locus [Common Meter]
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.
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Naked Wisdom [Haiku]
one bare tree
knew not to bud or bloom
before the last freeze.
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Spring [Haiku]
Nature writes “Spring”
in colorful blooms, even
over rough bark.
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Yellow Blossom [Haiku]
yellow blossoms
herald the Spring:
fragrance spreads the news.
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Red Maple [Tanka]
early Spring seed pods
of Red Maple hold tight
- patiently —
til one day in late Spring:
they’ll drop, spin, and fly.
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Fogless Fog [Haiku]
white blossoms
seen through still bare trees:
looks like fog, sans fog.
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Winter Springs [Haiku]
an eerie fog
weaves through the trees:
Winter hot springs.
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