Tag Archives: plants

Fearful Flowers? [Senryū]

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stunted flowers:
 in fear of mower
  decapitation?

Death Denied [Haiku]

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a dead tree
 swallowed by creepers
  greens from base up.

Guileless Hibiscus [Free Verse]

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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.

Beautiful Menace [Haiku]

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bougainvillea
 spill over a wall:
  beautiful menace.

Gangly Sunflower [Haiku]

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in an open field,
 one sunflower towers,
  its head drooping.

Water Lily [Haiku]

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a water lily
 opens in the morning sun:
  reciprocal glow.

Green [Haiku]

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in rainy season,
 grass grows from every crack,
  closing on idols.

Prickly [Senryū]

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a swallowtail
 lands on a thorny thistle,
  resting in comfort.

Unsettled [Haiku]

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a butterfly
 lurches flower to flower;
  never settling.

Beyond Shadow [Haiku]

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bloom-laden branch
 stretches to reach beyond 
  the shadows... but no.