Haiku Nature Poems

a freshly mown lawn
     the clippings become new mulch
          the grass will...

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blue skies and seas
yellow sun, green grass and trees
crayon-colored dreams...

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the squirrel sensed danger
     quickly it ran up the tree
          helpless the...

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For Sir Brian Strand's 1398 Poetry Contest

24 July 2025





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red heart of morning
guilty shadows fled like dreams
scattering moonbeams

Blue jay on green rose
caressed by gold creeping heat
petals and concrete

saffron veiled dancers
of every scent and color
city...

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canterbury bells
     so delicate and pleasant
          white, blue, lavender …

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Middle of July
Breathless days and sauna nights
Summer's lethargy

In their garden pool
Irises rise cool and tall
Like pastel water

Laughter of the rain
Crisp and clean like silver bells
Cool...

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#cherryblossoms

no more cherry blooms
but now hens and chicks tell me
time never slows down

#lotus #tanka

from mud the lotus
rises to meet air and sun
its blossom follows
the path...

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fertile ground was found
     the soil a rich deep dark brown
          the...

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a small champaka sprout
lost to the receding flood
my grand daughter's face....

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osprey s
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tyrannic leader
political depression
in nature find peace
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more than ten thousand
varieties of grapes
glory be to God!...

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early morning rain
quenches parched peony blooms ~
dewy effloresce...

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For Sir Brian Strand's 1397 Poetry Contest

18 July 2025


         
     green scales on...

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