DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from a Garden in Lusaka

Creekside Wildflowers [Haiku]

wildflowers sway
over the creek's cool water,
stirred by thermals.

Water Lilies [Haiku]

water lilies,
in the early morning sun,
stand tall & proud.

Old & Young [Haiku]

fresh white blossoms
& weathered hues of decay:
 both old & young (like me.)

Clockweed [Haiku]

full bloom clockweed
is on the clock as autumn
 ages to winter.

And Then There Were Two [Haiku]

a pair of blossoms -
all that's left on the tree:
 two blooms - side-by-side.

Braided Roots [Haiku]

twisted root piles
stretch across the walkway,
reaching like amoeba.

“Trees” by Joyce Kilmer [w/ Audio]

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose busom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

Camo Fail [Senryū]

the flowers hide
in tall grass & sedges,
but bees still find them.

DAILY PHOTO: Trees of Lalbagh