side-by-side trees:
one bloom-laden; one with
a few lingerers.
Lingerers [Haiku]
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Category Archives: plants
Green [Haiku]
in rainy season,
grass grows from every crack,
closing on idols.
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Prickly [Senryū]
a swallowtail
lands on a thorny thistle,
resting in comfort.
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Unsettled [Haiku]
Beyond Shadow [Haiku]
bloom-laden branch
stretches to reach beyond
the shadows... but no.
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Orangutan [Lyric Poem]
Orangutans live their lives in the trees.
The jungle has as many as they please --
But - with trees - the Zoo is quite sparing,
Leaving just one twig: non-loadbearing.
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Bud Struggle [Haiku]
tight bud opens:
imperceptible struggle
to unpack beauty.
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Winding Tree [Haiku]
winding like vines,
tree branches grow like a cage
over my head.
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African Tulip [Haiku]
dense bloom clusters
of one week are a carpet
on the ground the next.
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Red Hibiscus [Haiku]
the red hibiscus
draws attention to itself,
while pointing downward.
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