Category Archives: trees

Monster Toes [Free Verse]

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Photograph of a thorny tree taken in the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore.
tree trunk studded by thorns
   that look like 
       mean monster toenails
   with gnarly green cuticles,

even tree-huggers stay at
   arm’s length.

DAILY PHOTO: A Temple in Chiang Mai

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Photograph of a Buddhist Temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

DAILY PHOTO: Seesaw Statue in Gyeongju

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Photograph featuring classic Korean architecture and a seesaw statue. Taken in Gyeongju, South Korea.

DAILY PHOTO: Palms & Mountains, Vang Vieng

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Photograph of a palm tree in the fore and karst mountains in the background. Taken outside Vang Vieng, Laos.
Photograph with Vang Vieng Village and a palm tree in the foreground, and karst mountains in the background.

First Blossom [Haiku]

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petal flutters down
 from clustered Cherry Blossoms;
  is it the first?

Winter View [Senryū]

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Photograph of a family of macaques on a wall at Gudibande Fort in Karnataka, India. 
with trees bare, one sees
 what Spring won't reveal:
  monkeys don't care.

Blossom Blush [Haiku]

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white blossom clusters —
 Cherry trees of Early Spring:
  some blooms blush, some not.

Long Live Bonsai [Senryū]

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Photograph of a bonsai tree taken on the grounds of a Hanoi Temple.
the bonsai tree
 isn't a BANZAI! tree,
  yet looks 10,000.

NOTE: “Bonsai” [盆栽] means “potted plant.” “Banzai” [万歳] means “10,000 years,” (in the manner of “long live the king.”)

Stony Ground [Haiku]

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Photograph of a tree on the granite hill named Uttari Betta in Karnataka, India. 
roots grow down
 through stony ground -- still,
  Spring brings deep green.

Naked Wisdom [Haiku]

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Photograph of a barren tree taken on the Butch Kennedy Trail, near Lake Hartwell, in South Carolina. 
one bare tree
 knew not to bud or bloom
  before the last freeze.