sapling grows in boulder,
splitting it in twain;
paper does beat rock.
Paper Beats Rock [Senryū]
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Tag Archives: tree
The Fig Treatment [Free Verse]
On a scale from
"this is cozy"
to
"my skull is cracking,"
I wonder how the fig tree
at Wat Mahathat treats
the Buddha's head?
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Felonious Fig [Free Verse]
I thought I caught a fig tree,
escaping over a stone wall,
but when I turned my attention
upon it, it stayed so very still.
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DAILY PHOTO: Tall Pines, Kolsay Lake
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Tree Hell [Tanka]
pine cone wedged
in a rotten sleeper,
on derelict tracks,
may become a tree
and made into sleepers.
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DAILY PHOTO: Seesaw Statue in Gyeongju
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DAILY PHOTO: Palms & Mountains, Vang Vieng
Mountain Azalea [Lyric Poem]
One cluster of Mountain Azalea
Stands out like royal regalia,
Adorning a near naked vagrant --
But much more pleasingly fragrant.
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First Blossom [Haiku]
petal flutters down
from clustered Cherry Blossoms;
is it the first?
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Stony Ground [Haiku]
roots grow down
through stony ground -- still,
Spring brings deep green.
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