Tag Archives: cattails

Wetlands Cattle [Haiku]

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cattle graze:
 each step sinking deeper —
  lured by lush green.

Wetland [Haiku]

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narrow channel,
 waving reeds on each side,
  boat glides blindly through.

Pond Life [Haiku]

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dragonflies zip
 from point to point 
  amid swaying reeds.

DAILY PHOTO: Nature Scenes from the Palace Grounds, Bangalore

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Autumnal Fluff [Haiku]

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the first cattail heads
 have erupted in fluff:
  autumn in progress.

Summer Reeds [Haiku]

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late Summer: 
 the last days before 
  reed heads fluff.

Cattail [Haiku]

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the cattail sways
with a unique rhythm,
but - now - is still

Cattails [Free Verse]

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In a patch of Deccan wetlands,
I see the cattails of my Hoosier youth.

Half a world away,
and nature grants me continuity
that culture can't provide.

I am transported to my youth
by a common landscape.

Indiana -- India,
names almost the same, 
but ever so different...

except the cattails.