a pair of blossoms -
all that's left on the tree:
two blooms - side-by-side.
And Then There Were Two [Haiku]
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a muscular tree
poses with limbs outstretched;
shrubs are unimpressed.

twisted root piles
stretch across the walkway,
reaching like amoeba.

roots held up the wall;
the wall supports the tree.
now, they’re one & same.

frangipani
have dropped leaves & blossoms,
& stand gnarled & nude.

hibiscus flowers
show their bright colors
on a winter day.

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.




branches twist
in pretzel-like weaves,
stronger for it.