clouds drift
amid the lily pads:
pagoda pond.
Pagoda Pond [Haiku]
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Tag Archives: Water Lily
Cold Lilies [Haiku]
On Mud & Lotus [Free Verse]
The saying goes:
“No mud - no lotus!”
But I can’t help but notice
That the flower is long-stemmed,
Raising it high above the mud.
A tropical newbie,
I used to confuse
Lotuses & Water Lilies.
Then I learned the simplest
Way to distinguish the flowers
(From a distance)
Is that Lily pads
Rest on the water,
While Lotus leafs
Also try to rise
above the muddy water.
I can’t help but wonder whether
Our admiration has made the
Lotus too good for its mud?
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Water Lily [Haiku]
The Lily [Haiku]
a single lily
stands out in a pond of pads:
bright to browned.
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Lily Ring [Haiku]
ring of lily pads:
crowd around where the frog
plopped into pond.
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Lily Pad [Haiku]
lily pad sprawl:
herons march, beak-down,
on the shifting surface.
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Lily Pad Heron [Haiku]
water lilies stand
confidently, while herons
step warily.
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Personal Jesus [Senryū]
a plump heron
walks on lily pads: my own
Personal Jesus.
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White Water Lily [Haiku]
white water lily at the old pond's edge: no water sound.
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