beside the trail:
a trampled dandelion
springs back, slowly.
Trampled [Haiku]
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On Mud & Lotus [Free Verse]
The saying goes:
“No mud - no lotus!”
But I can’t help but notice
That the flower is long-stemmed,
Raising it high above the mud.
A tropical newbie,
I used to confuse
Lotuses & Water Lilies.
Then I learned the simplest
Way to distinguish the flowers
(From a distance)
Is that Lily pads
Rest on the water,
While Lotus leafs
Also try to rise
above the muddy water.
I can’t help but wonder whether
Our admiration has made the
Lotus too good for its mud?
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“The Lilly” by William Blake [w/ Audio]
The modest Rose puts forth a thorn,
The humble Sheep a threat’ning horn;
While the Lilly white shall in Love delight,
Nor a thorn, nor a threat, stain her beauty bright.
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Guileless Hibiscus [Free Verse]
translucent hibiscus:
keeps its secrets
in its folds;
anywhere petals
don't double over,
the light shines through.
hanging face down --
pistil dangling --
pockets emptied by
gravity.
the jungle beyond blurs.
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Gangly Sunflower [Haiku]
in an open field,
one sunflower towers,
its head drooping.
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Unsettled [Haiku]
Beyond Shadow [Haiku]
bloom-laden branch
stretches to reach beyond
the shadows... but no.
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Bud Struggle [Haiku]
tight bud opens:
imperceptible struggle
to unpack beauty.
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Tropic Confusion [Haiku]
branches: bloom-laden
but devoid of leaves:
tropic confusion.
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Red Hibiscus [Haiku]
the red hibiscus
draws attention to itself,
while pointing downward.
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