Category Archives: plants

DAILY PHOTO: Autumn Ginko

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CAMBODIA LIMERICK

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There was a Cambodian archaeologist 
  who dug up temples in jungles – get the gist.
      But one day his dig,
      under a Strangler Fig,
  got him strangled… or so claimed the botanist.

Weeds [Haiku]

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summer grasses
 wave atop a once mighty fort
  that's gone to seed.

DAILY PHOTO: African Tulip Trees, Ulsoor Lake Park

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Dog-Rose [Haiku]

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lone Dog-rose bloom
 sways in a Spring breeze,
  lulling into trance.

Summer Fluff [Haiku]

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gone to fluff:
 flowers quietly await a
  good, stiff breeze.

Hangers On [Haiku]

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trunk ringed by fallen blooms, 
only the pate contains hangers-on.

Late Autumn [Haiku]

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late Autumn: 
 the last few leaves
  refuse to fall.

Crown Flower [Haiku]

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crown flower buds
 begin to split, but only one
  takes the first peek.

Petal Drop [Senryū]

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dogeared petal 
 can take no more --
  flutters in a gust.