Category: Haiku poetry

Rock formations, Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland

Haiku: Formation

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Nature carves and lifts
Placing hardness on the earth
lasting Irish rocks

On-site map of the Grand Causeway
On-site map of the Grand/Giant’s  Causeway

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 4/27/17

Photo by PamelaWLucas, Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland 5/16

pupa stage of a swallowtail butterfly

Haiku: Evolving

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Metamorphosis

Life cycle protects and saves

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

newly emerged Eastern Swallowtail
Newly emerged Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 4/25/17

Photo provided by Kat DeYoung, Prescott, Arizona, 2017

A hanging drip of water during a rainfall

Haiku: spring rain drops

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wet drops hanging on
all of nature embraces
sweet moisture brings life

 

See nature’s beauty in Virginia… natural history gallery of wildflowers and mushrooms

 

'Sensation' Lilac cluster

Haiku: Lilac

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The lilac cascades

Essence of its colors hang

Bees insert themselves

Lovely lilacs
“Sensation Lilac”

In the olive family, the Lilacs have over 1,000 total varieties.

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 4/20/17

Photo by PamelaWLucas, Oakton, VA 4/20/17

 

purple and white pansy bloom

Haiku: Pansy

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Lovely little face
Come early after winter
Fragrant viola

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 4/18/17

Photo by PamelaWLucas 4/18/17

Bluebird peaking out of her bluebird house

The Natural World Haiku: April Nest

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Peaking, protecting
Bluebird mama made her nest
Spring is moving fast

bluebird house
Bluebird house

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 4/16/17

Photos by PamelaWLucas in Irvington, VA 4/16/17

Blue snap sweet peas

Haiku: Sweet pea

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Plant early don’t wait
cool weather brings the blossoms
Fragrant and sturdy

Sweet peas and tendrils
Sweet peas and tendrils

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 4/7/17

Photos by Pixby

How to grow sweet peas from seeds.

Red-orange columbine showing yellow seeds

Haiku: Wild Columbine

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Wind blows tiny seeds

color spreading near and far

luring bumblebees

Bumble bee nectaring on a columbine
Bumble bee nectaring on a columbine

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 4/5/17

Photos by Pixby

Cherry blossoms frame the Washington Monument

Haiku: Soft blossoms embrace monuments

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Delicate pink stay
Cherry softens hard granite
Wind takes your presence

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 4/4/17

Inspiring and contributing photo by Fe Caces 4/17

First fruits on a Russian olive

Haiku: Russian Olive

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Invasive beauty

Bearing olive like red fruits

A Sweet fragrance

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 4/3/17

Photo by PamelaWLucas 4/3/17

Russian Olives are not native to the United States.  They interfere in natures balance with their fast growing, water demanding presence.  Lovely and fragrant, plant these olives in contained places and away from wooded areas.