Buds & Blooms [Haiku]

naked branches 
of the frangipani
bud with blossoms.

Lakeside Leaves [Haiku]

lakeside leaves are 
turning and dropping, but
no floaters remain.

Arboreal Schizophrenia [Haiku]

bougainvillea &
gold trumpet grow together:
one tree, two personas.

Urban Jungle [Kyōka]

in a city park,
muscular baobabs &
wiry strangler figs
provide residences
for the fierce squirrels.

Braided Roots [Haiku]

twisted root piles
stretch across the walkway,
reaching like amoeba.

DAILY PHOTO: Tree & Temple, Bangalore

Sunken Forest [Haiku]

white pillars, once trees,
stand above the water:
 record of what was.

“Trees” by Joyce Kilmer [w/ Audio]

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose busom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

DAILY PHOTO: Hippos on the Shore

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DAILY PHOTO: Trees of Lalbagh