Tag Archives: poem

Icarus Tree [Senryū]

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a dead tree
 stands above the living;
  it didn’t pace itself.

Straight & Tall [Haiku]

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slender-stalked mushroom 
 stands straight & tall & still,
  but not for long.

Paper Beats Rock [Senryū]

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sapling grows in boulder,
 splitting it in twain;
  paper does beat rock.

Mid-stream Tree [Senryū]

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Tree that sits mid-stream
 is not your average tree.
  Stillness amid flow?

Summer Lake [Haiku]

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invisible bugs
 ripple the lake surface;
  from here, it’s mirror.

Dripping Blossom [Haiku]

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Photograph of a pink and orange flower taken in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India.
droplets drip 
  from the bottom petal, 
   after the rain.

Misty Mountain [Haiku]

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Photograph of mushroom caps among lichens and leaves, taken in the mountains near Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India.
in misty mountains,
 tiny fungi bloom amid
  lichens and mosses.

Jungle Entropy [Senryū]

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Photograph taken on Bukit Cina in Malacca, Malaysia.
the jungle wants to 
 hide, then eat, whatever
  humans build in it.

Depth Deception [Senryū]

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Photograph of reeds and water plants taken in Vientiane, Laos. 
reeds & water plants
 look like you could walk among them.
  you could -- waist deep.

Monsoon Green [Haiku]

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Photograph taken atop Kaurava Kunda near Chikkaballapur, Karnataka, India.
what passed for desert
 before monsoon is now
  green and waterlogged.