Tag Archives: lily pad

Pagoda Pond [Haiku]

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clouds drift 
 amid the lily pads:
  pagoda pond.

The Lily [Haiku]

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a single lily 
 stands out in a pond of pads:
  bright to browned.

Lily Ring [Haiku]

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ring of lily pads:
 crowd around where the frog
  plopped into pond.

Lily Pad [Haiku]

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lily pad sprawl:
 herons march, beak-down,
  on the shifting surface.

Lily Pac-Man [Senryū]

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Pac-Men multiply:
 sought by too few upside-down 
  lily “ghosts.”

Frog Taunt [Senryū]

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a sunning frog
 taunts all predators
  to test their weight.

Personal Jesus [Senryū]

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a plump heron
 walks on lily pads: my own
  Personal Jesus.

Long Gone Frog [Haiku]

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water lily -
its pad held a frog,
but now it's gone