Tag Archives: plants

Mexican Flamevine [Haiku]

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frowzy & wonky,
 yet bright & beautiful:
  mexican flamevine

Rose Garden [Haiku]

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rose garden.
 last time, decapitated;
  now, in full bloom

Sunflower [Haiku]

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infinite shades
of yellow-orange
in each petal

DAILY PHOTO: 2023 Republic Day Flower Show, Lalbagh

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Taken on January 22, 2023 at Lalbagh Botanical Gardens

Desert Rose [Haiku]

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a desert rose:
its base stout & misshapen;
its blooms elegant

What the Grass Loves [Haiku]

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a cold, rainy day,
but the green grass thrives --
well-watered / air fresh

Fig in the Wall [Lyric Poem]

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It doesn't need wide open spaces.
It doesn't need direct sunlight.
No bark-wide chasm through the tombstone --
Gardner, leave that tree alone.

Hey, Gardner, leave that tree alone!
All in all, it's just another fig in the wall.
All in all, we're just a bunch of figs in the wall.

Frangipani Scribbles [Haiku]

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bare frangipani
scribbles shadow art
on blank temple walls

Tattered Dandelion [Haiku]

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one dandelion
stands alone at field's edge;
where are its friends?

Cattail [Haiku]

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the cattail sways
with a unique rhythm,
but - now - is still