“Wanderers” by Walter de la Mare [w/ Audio]

Wide are the meadows of night, 
And daisies are shinng there,
Tossing their lovely dews,
Lustrous and fair;

And through these sweet fields go,
Wanderers amid the stars --
Venus, Mercury, Uranus, Neptune,
Saturn, Jupiter, Mars.

'Tired in their silver, they move,
And circling, whisper and say,
Fair are the blossoming meads of delight
Through which we stray.

Note: the word “shinng” seems to be spelled that way in all sources. I don’t know whether it was a typo, dialectic, or a heterodox spelling.

Shadow Flowers [Haiku]

clouds break up;
light shifts toward
wildflower patch.

DAILY PHOTO: Lalbagh Flower Show, 2025

DAILY PHOTO: Gwan-Eumsa of Gyeongju National Park

DAILY PHOTO: Wildflowers, Gyeongju

“I fear’d the fury of my wind” by William Blake [w/ Audio]

I fear’d the fury of my wind
Would blight all blossoms fair & true,
And my sun it shin’d & shin’d,
And my wind it never blew.

But a blossom fair or true
Was not found on any tree;
For all blossoms grew & grew
Fruitless, false, tho’ fair to see.

Blossom Pair [Haiku]

the last two blossoms on the mountain, 
bump petals on a common stem.

“The Blossom” by William Blake [w/ Audio]

Merry, Merry Sparrow!
Under leaves so green
A happy Blossom
Sees you swift as arrow
Seek your cradle narrow
Near my Bosom.

Pretty, Pretty Robin!
Under leaves so green
A happy Blossom
Hears you sobbing, sobbing,
Pretty, Pretty Robin,
Near my bosom.

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.