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.
Conflicted Botanist Limerick
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Category Archives: plants
Iced Wings [Haiku]
ice crystals form on helicopter seed pods; will they fly or crash?
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Sunflower Field [Haiku]
DAILY PHOTO: 2023 Republic Day Flower Show, Lalbagh
Nature Stacks [Haiku]
tree sits on boulder, its roots curled over rocks; child sits on the roots
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Himalayan Primrose [Haiku]
morning frost melts with early rays of sunlight. primrose buds slacken.
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Mistletoe Limerick
A young man of Vienna was caught off guard smooched by a stranger beside the churchyard. There's mistletoe that naturally grows in the trees above that Viennese churchyard.
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Lotus [Haiku]
the lotus stands
boldly in pink & yellow;
one petal fallen
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Imperfectly Perfect [Haiku]
a sunflower
— deformed and stunted —
still brightens my day
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Desert Rose [Haiku]
a desert rose:
its base stout & misshapen;
its blooms elegant
