Flower Garden [Haiku]

color clash
in the flower garden
attracts bees & me.

Beautiful Menace [Haiku]

bougainvillea
spill over a wall:
beautiful menace.

Lingerers [Haiku]

side-by-side trees:
one bloom-laden; one with
a few lingerers.

Beyond Shadow [Haiku]

bloom-laden branch
stretches to reach beyond
the shadows... but no.

“Spring Dawn” (春曉) by Meng Haoran [w/ Audio]

My Spring sleep is unswayed by dawn --
Though birds are heard through screen, still drawn.
Recalling night sounds of rain and wind,
I wonder how the flowers have thinned?

Original in Chinese:

春眠不覺曉,
處處聞啼鳥。
夜來風雨聲,
花落知多少。

African Tulip [Haiku]

dense bloom clusters
of one week are a carpet
on the ground the next.

Early Bloomer [Haiku]

the early blooms
are wilted; they’ll be gone when
the tight buds open.

DAILY PHOTO: A Strange Plant Stumbled Upon in the Savanna

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Blue & Yellow [Haiku]

spring gentians
twirl amid buttercups
on a green hilltop.

Cannonball Tree [Haiku]

the cannonball tree:
blooms bright & intricate,
but never delicate.