ice crystals fringe
the stems of seedpods
that rattle in wind.
Ice Fringe [Haiku]
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“The Lilly” by William Blake [w/ Audio]
The modest Rose puts forth a thorn,
The humble Sheep a threat’ning horn;
While the Lilly white shall in Love delight,
Nor a thorn, nor a threat, stain her beauty bright.
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Flower Mind [Free Verse]
Morning Glories
don’t feel slighted
because they bloomed
in the shadow of
Mexican Sunflowers…
Though the humans
who otherwise might
stop to admire them
can now not be
bothered to notice them.
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Pansy Patch [Haiku]
Fearful Flowers? [Senryū]
Death Denied [Haiku]
Guileless Hibiscus [Free Verse]
translucent hibiscus:
keeps its secrets
in its folds;
anywhere petals
don't double over,
the light shines through.
hanging face down --
pistil dangling --
pockets emptied by
gravity.
the jungle beyond blurs.
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Beautiful Menace [Haiku]
Gangly Sunflower [Haiku]
in an open field,
one sunflower towers,
its head drooping.
Tiger Riding for Beginners 