a blossom falls
into the water:
i look. it’s gone.
Vanishing [Haiku]
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Tag Archives: flower
Holdout [Tanka]
a tree’s last blossom
seems to wait til no one
is looking to drop.
what a thing it must be
to see a holdout yield.
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Last Cluster [Haiku]
the last cluster
of frangipani flowers
tops a bare tree.
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Lil Beaming Faces [Senryū]
sun to flowers,
“now that I have your
attention… shine!”
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Pollinator [Haiku]
the bee wallows
in pollen like a drunk
sprawls on a bar’s floor.
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Moody Sunflower [Haiku]
the sunflower
that bows its head in the sun
feels pensive.
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Choosy [Haiku]
a butterfly flits
over blooms: a connoisseur
not deigning to land.
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Hibiscus [Haiku]
hibiscus flowers
show their bright colors
on a winter day.
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The Thistle’s Moment [Haiku]
in late summer,
thistles flower brightly --
then fluff & cede to wind.
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Poppy Trigger [Lyric Poem]
Two hikers on a mountain trail
pass a solitary Poppy.
One remembers a lost loved one;
one, feeling high and floppy.
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