Fortress [Senryū]

ancient fortress:
tree grows through cracks;
the tree will win.

Urban Jungle [Kyōka]

in a city park,
muscular baobabs &
wiry strangler figs
provide residences
for the fierce squirrels.

Muscular [Haiku]

a muscular tree
poses with limbs outstretched;
shrubs are unimpressed.

Union [Haiku]

roots held up the wall;
the wall supports the tree.
now, they’re one & same.

Strangler Fig Limerick

There was a man who lived in the jungle -oh!
A fig took root in the roof of his bungalow.
'Twas a spotless hut,
'til the door grew shut, 
and the place was overcome by a fungal growth.

Fig Tree [Haiku]

an old fig tree, 
gnarled and knotty,
grotesque but strong

Web of Roots [Haiku]

a web of fig roots
drapes in wild tangles, & a 
sapling - straight & green