Category Archives: plants

DAILY PHOTO: A Pair of Planters

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Taken near Zouying Lotus Pond, Kaohsiung

Yellow Glade [Haiku]

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i follow the light
 out of the woods and into
  a yellow glade.

Vanishing [Haiku]

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a blossom falls
 into the water:
  i look. it’s gone.

Buds & Blooms [Haiku]

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naked branches 
 of the frangipani 
  bud with blossoms.

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from a Garden in Lusaka

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Holdout [Tanka]

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a tree’s last blossom
 seems to wait til no one
  is looking to drop.
 what a thing it must be
  to see a holdout yield.

Budding [Senryū]

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budding limbs:
 vibrant growth unseen from
  the city beyond.

Creekside Wildflowers [Haiku]

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wildflowers sway
 over the creek's cool water,
  stirred by thermals.

Last Hurrah [Haiku]

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late afternoon sun
 catches yellow bloom clusters:
  the day’s last hurrah.

Lakeside Leaves [Haiku]

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lakeside leaves are 
 turning and dropping, but
  no floaters remain.