Category Archives: plants

Mexican Flamevine [Haiku]

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frowzy & wonky,
 yet bright & beautiful:
  mexican flamevine

To Prickly Pear Pluckers [Haiku]

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the plucking of
 prickly pears is at risk 
  of being pricked

Rose Garden [Haiku]

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rose garden.
 last time, decapitated;
  now, in full bloom

Horny Thorns [Haiku]

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cactus thorns
in symmetrical pairs,
like wee bull horns

Sunflower [Haiku]

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infinite shades
of yellow-orange
in each petal

DAILY PHOTO: Flowers in the City, Bratislava & Budapest

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DAILY PHOTO: Water Lily

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Conflicted Botanist Limerick

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There once was a Philosopher-Botanist
who, on his jobs, had been an optimist.
But he bred seedless fruits,
and came to feel in cahoots
with purpose-denying nihilist dogmatists.

Iced Wings [Haiku]

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ice crystals form
on helicopter seed pods;
will they fly or crash?

Sunflower Field [Haiku]

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sunflowers 
huddle together;
the sun hides