some are made speechless
by falling cherry blossoms,
but -- for others --
speechlessness comes from
a mouthful of the fruits.
Cherry [Kyōka]
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Tag Archives: tree
Lone Pine [Haiku]
a lone pine stands --
mangled and misshapen --
above other trees.
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Tree of Life [Haiku]
home to birds & squirrels,
the tree holds life in every
crotch & hollow.
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Mutual Longing [Haiku]
a tree reaches
toward the pond; the pond
reaches back again.
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Dancing Shadows[Haiku]
a barren tree
paints dancing shadows
on the sandy canyon.
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Cliff Tree [Haiku]
a barren tree
clings to a cliff face;
winds have nothing to shake.
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Camouflage, Not! [Haiku]
a squirrel chitters;
its black body against
the ash gray tree.
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World Tree [Haiku]
white silk-cotton tree,
sinuously sprawling —-
chaining earth to sky.
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Bonsai Bluff [Free Verse]
green-topped granite.
a gnarled evergreen
clings to the side --
clings without clinging,
effortlessly jutting out
over the chasm
to feel the sun & wind.
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And Then There Were Two [Haiku]
a pair of blossoms -
all that's left on the tree:
two blooms - side-by-side.
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