on the river bluff portico, pink roses bloom half a replica #Summer2024 #Haiku #FiveYears #BestOf #Spring2023 #MtVernonGardens

petals poetic spicy sweet array aloft yellow softly white #Summer2024 #Haiku #FiveYears #BestOf #Summer2023 #PlatonicLove

bursting colors joy fortress for the weak and strong natures symphony #Summer2024 #Haiku #FiveYears #BestOf #Summer2023 #Protection

poetry in bloom shepherds hear the trumpet-call marvelous delight #Summer2024 #Haiku #FiveYears #BestOf #Summer2023 #PastoralPoetry

a gift from the sun not to boast or long compare but to be content #Summer2024 #Haiku #FiveYears #BestOf #Summer2023 #Humility

waking with the dawn to shine as stars, cheerful bloom hidden motive sweet #Summer2024 #Haiku #FiveYears #BestOf #Summer2023 #Flattery

with a sunny smile delight in the suffering little drops of fire #Summer2024 #Haiku #FiveYears #BestOf #Summer2023 #Cruelty

yellow leaves falling silent tears from hickory day shrouded in gray #Summer2024 #Haiku #FiveYears #BestOf #Fall2023 #Leaf

disguised by a name three hundred joys to be had legume in a shell #Summer2024 #Haiku #FiveYears #BestOf #Fall2023 #Peanut

hope in frigid times splash of carmine on a branch piercing winter’s veil #Summer2024 #Haiku #FiveYears #BestOf #Fall2023 #Cardinal

freshly from a branch ripened soft the flavor melts tingling tongue to cheek #Summer2024 #Haiku #FiveYears #BestOf #Fall2023 #Persimmon

bailey feeling down angel shows him george-less town so he chooses life #Summer2024 #Haiku #FiveYears #BestOf #Winter2024 #ItsAWonderfulLife

letters of transit a chance to escape the war leave without regrets #Summer2024 #Haiku #FiveYears #BestOf #Winter2024 #Casablanca

gladstone’s tangled web seduced by lust, felled by love bus-bound runaways #Summer2024 #Haiku #FiveYears #BestOf #Winter2024 #TheGraduate

minister to maid intertwining tales of love happiness for some #Summer2024 #Haiku #FiveYears #BestOf #Winter2024 #LoveActually

sacred skies reveal within, the blooms of springtime holy presence dwells #Summer2024 #Haiku #FiveYears #BestOf #Spring2024 #Sky

light's healing current carrying me to wholeness meeting life with love #Summer2024 #Haiku #FiveYears #BestOf #Spring2024 #Healing

through trials, we find infinite splendor of mind mortal limits fade #Summer2024 #Haiku #FiveYears #BestOf #Spring2024 #Trials

time weaves in silence choices threading destiny reflect, seeking truth #Summer2024 #Haiku #FiveYears #BestOf #Spring2024 #Weave

eyes close, breath whispers mind mellows, calm is blooming spirit’s thread weaves life #Summer2024 #Haiku #FiveYears #BestOf #Spring2024 #Mellow