Category: nature
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viny ground
one bright blossom unique among green vines would your beauty become lost in a bouquet? eyes unable to linger find subtle hues wrapped in monogamy 3-7-21
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poem for a climbing tree
When I was young I considered every tree a potential trunk to climb upon I have grown older but I still admire as I pass by your limbs proportion and form Imagine climbing up inside better than any boy before me You smile as I pass by whisper to the wind if I were not…
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Turning the debri
After the rain you put on old shoes and step outside to consolidate debris you gathered yesterday at the curb With a shovel you turn it over into itself and find despite nature’s best efforts the center is still dry untouched, unwashed and unclean 3-3-21
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early morning haiku
did you just write this, if you didn’t take a photo? why leave it to chance? 3-2-21
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haikus for false Spring
sunny Sunday sun equinox dress rehearsal spring not far away sharp tongued blue jay sits resplendent in tree line beauty is a beast sun worshippers bask bodies lie along the shore turtles seeking warm three red and one brown two cardinals do not care two reds will be sad lengthening daylight slow tilt towards equator…
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Clamor of war
Dreadnaughts returned in triplicate Last year two menaced the coast Today six grey ships appeared Aggressively Leaned into cruising speed Loudly claim Territorial waters as their own Force Nesting mallard pair into shallows Greedy they soon will demand tribute Threaten non-compliant walkers with beaks During their previous tour of duty Two bred and raised and…
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deer haiku
at noon, city deerrealize daylight is too brightflee into dark woods 2-27-21
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Half Light
Before the sun wets horizon’s lip You sit in half light listening to birds call Back and forth I’m alive, I’m alive, I’m alive 2-25-21
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Camelia haiku
Camelia blooms red Petals bleed upon cold ground I mourn the blossoms 2-25-21
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