birdbath grows from
fungus on a dead log;
flitting sparrow
is disappointed to find
no water remains within.
Disappointed Sparrow [Kyōka]
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Tag Archives: Fungi
Rainy Autumn [Haiku]
the leaves are gone,
but the green of moss remains:
rainy autumn days.
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“The Mushroom is the Elf of Plants” (1350) by Emily Dickinson
The Mushroom is the Elf of Plants --
At Evening, it is not
At Morning, in a Truffled Hut
It stop opon a Spot
As if it tarried always
And yet it's whole Career
Is shorter than a Snake's Delay --
And fleeter than a Tare --
'Tis Vegetation's Juggler --
The Germ of Alibi --
Doth like a Bubble antedate
And like a Bubble, hie --
I feel as if the Grass was pleased
To have it intermit --
This surreptitious Scion
Of Summer's circumspect.
Had Nature any supple Face
Or could she one contemn --
Had Nature an Apostate --
That Mushroom -- it is Him!
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Happy Fungi [Haiku]
the forest floor
is damp and dark, and
mushrooms are happy.
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Fungi Art [Haiku]
Dead Wood [Haiku]
tree becomes log, which becomes fungi food: treeness transformed.
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Mountain Life [Haiku]
in misty mountains, lichen & moss carpeted, two mushrooms stand tall.
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Turkey Tail [Haiku]
turkey tail: rings neat as Saturn's, but on a pig's ear.
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Fallen Log [Haiku]
Miasma [Haiku]
the scent of death assaults my nostrils: carcass or fungi?
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