On a scale from
"this is cozy"
to
"my skull is cracking,"
I wonder how the fig tree
at Wat Mahathat treats
the Buddha's head?
The Fig Treatment [Free Verse]
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Tag Archives: Fig tree
Felonious Fig [Free Verse]
I thought I caught a fig tree,
escaping over a stone wall,
but when I turned my attention
upon it, it stayed so very still.
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Fortress [Senryū]
ancient fortress:
tree grows through cracks;
the tree will win.
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Urban Jungle [Kyōka]
in a city park,
muscular baobabs &
wiry strangler figs
provide residences
for the fierce squirrels.
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Muscular [Haiku]
a muscular tree
poses with limbs outstretched;
shrubs are unimpressed.
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Union [Haiku]
roots held up the wall;
the wall supports the tree.
now, they’re one & same.
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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.
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Fig Tree [Haiku]
an old fig tree,
gnarled and knotty,
grotesque but strong
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Web of Roots [Haiku]
a web of fig roots drapes in wild tangles, & a sapling - straight & green
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