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Tag Archives: Roots

Root of Suffering [Haiku]

Posted on September 22, 2022 by B Gourley
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between boulders
grows a sinewy tree --
robust by ordeals

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Posted in Blogs, haiku, nature, plants, poem, Poetry | Tagged Boulders, haiku, poem, poetry, rocks, rocky, Roots, tree | Leave a reply

Kapok Tree [Haiku]

Posted on September 4, 2022 by B Gourley
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Taken at Lal Bagh (Bangalore) in 2021
sinuous roots
of the silk-cotton tree;
are they moving?

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Posted in haiku, nature, poem, Poetry | Tagged haiku, Kapok Tree, nature, poem, poetry, Roots, Silk-Cotton Tree, tree | Leave a reply

Web of Roots [Haiku]

Posted on June 25, 2022 by B Gourley
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a web of fig roots
drapes in wild tangles, & a 
sapling - straight & green  

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Posted in haiku, nature, plants, poem, Poetry | Tagged Fig tree, haiku, poem, poetry, Roots, Strangler fig | Leave a reply

Driftwood Deception [Tanka]

Posted on April 23, 2022 by B Gourley
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nestled between rocks
the smooth-worn driftwood roots
assume the form
of a pile of writhing snakes,
'til the mind untangles truth

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Posted in mind, nature, poem, Poetry, tanka | Tagged Deception, Illusion, mind, poem, poetry, Roots, snakes, tanka | Leave a reply

Rooted [Tanka]

Posted on October 27, 2021 by B Gourley
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roots sprawl,
sinuously creeping.
what's it like
to hold so firm
and reach so far?

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Posted in nature, poem, Poetry, tanka | Tagged nature, poem, poetry, Root, Roots, tanka, tree | Leave a reply

DAILY PHOTO: Root Sprawl

Posted on June 2, 2015 by B Gourley
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Taken on May 24, 2015 in Royal Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Taken on May 24, 2015 in Royal Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

 

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Posted in Garden, photographs, Photos, pictures, Sri Lanka, Tourism, travel | Tagged garden, Kandy, Peradeniya, photographs, photos, pictures, Roots, Royal Botanical Gardens, Sri Lanka, tourism, travel, tree | Leave a reply

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