Purple Ring [Haiku]

ring of blossoms
around the tree trunk:
still, as shadows creep.

Roadside [Haiku]

roadside tree
shakes with each passing truck,
but no blooms fall.

Orbits [Haiku]

spherical blooms,
arrayed like planets,
bees zip through.

Jacaranda [Haiku]

Jacarandas bloom:
thousands of miles from home,
but no less purple.

Bee Mind [Haiku]

among Spring flowers,
bees swarm one yellow plant
that doesn't look special.

“Come slowly — Eden!” (205) by Emily Dickinson [w/ Audio]

Come slowly -- Eden!
Lips unused to Thee --
Bashful -- sip thy Jessamines --
As the fainting Bee --

Reaching late his flower,
Round her chamber hums --
Counts his nectars --
Enters -- and is lost in Balms.

Blossom Drop [Haiku]

blossom drops,
fluttering slantwise
into still water.

Golden Hour [Haiku]

sunup hour:
yellow blossoms turn gold;
one flutters to earth.

Cold Lilies [Haiku]

water lilies
on a cold, gray day:
half-open, unkempt.

Tough Pink Blooms [Haiku]

flower cluster hangs
through a cold December --
the last leaf lone gone.