Choice

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cactus, flowers, haiku, people, poetry

On a Choice of endings

wrapped in other days
she sits with her single cup
house plants gather dust

Or …
Christmas cactus blooms

Golden

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beauty, flowers, ginkgo, haiku, nature, poetry, traffic, trees

On unexpected beauty

each one a sunbeam
in streets full of traffic’s roar
golden ginkgo trees

Hairy

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flowers, garden, haiku, nature, photograph, poem, poetry

all the bright blossoms
except the big hairy one
laid low by Autumn

Ruffled

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begonia, birds, flowers, gardens, haiku, nature, poem, poetry, sparrow, weather

On a windy summer’s day

clouds are rushing North
begonia petals strewn
sparrow tails ruffled

flown

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beauty, flowers, garden, gardening, haiku, nature, poem, poetry, thistles

fickle seeds have flown
leaving their nest disheveled
golden thistle heads

Cool

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breeze, flowers, haiku, life, nature, poem, seeds, thistles, weather, wildlife

a lazy tumble
thistle seed hitches the breeze
gentle, unrushed, cool

Safari

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clover, flowers, garden, haiku, jungle, nature, poem, poetry

On the uncut lawn

uncut clover thrives
a miniature jungle
my dream safari

wild

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flowers, garden, haiku, honeysuckle, nature, plants, poetry, summer

vigorous and wild
all challengers thrust aside
honeysuckle rules

Shot

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birds, flowers, haiku, nature, poetry

With apologies to Bon Jovi

garden blooms ruined
magpies dance, feathered vandals
a shot to the heart

Pink

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beauty, flowers, haiku, nature, poetry, rose, summer, woods

Dog rose (Rosa canina)

a walk in the woods
in the gloom, a vibrant rose
pink petalled beauty