Category: the natural world

Haiku: The weed

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a weed ready to release its seeds in the wind
a weed ready to release its seeds in the wind

emerges strongly

uninvited takes its space

sets the sturdy roots

Haiku poems by PamelaWLucas 6/12/17

Photo by Pixaby

Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly chrysalis

Haiku: Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly Chrysalis

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A sturdy armor
An odd beauty of function
Nature holds its breath

Haiku poem by PamelaWLucas 6/7/17

Inspiring photo of chrysalis by Tara McLaughlin 6/17

 

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Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly laying eggs on Dutchman’s Pipevine

Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly and its host the Dutchman’s Pipevine

Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly

 

 

baby bunny camouflaged in the coming summer leaves

Haiku: Bunny Butter

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Tiny soft bunny
Flicker youthful butterfly
A bunny butter

American lady butterfly
American Lady butterfly in Charlottesville, VA

Haiku poem by PamelaWLucas 6/5/17

Inspirational photographs by Tara McLaughlin

chicory, cornflower

Haiku: Wild with an alias

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Bachelor button

Wild greens edible beauty

A blue cornflower

Haiku poem by PamelaWLucas 6/3/17

Inspirational photo by Fe Caces 6/3/17

 

Luna moth

Haiku: Luna Moth

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A mouth less wonder

Fly only at night, Luna

A flicker of life

Haiku poem by PamelaWLucas 5/31/17

Inspirational photo by Tara McLaughlin

Unique in every sense

Butterfly shows its proboscis curled

Haiku: Butterfly Part

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The butterflies straw
Proboscis feeding tube curls
Drinks it luscious food

Haiku poem by PamelaWLucas 5/30/17

Photo by Pixaby

Illustration of a butterflies parts
Illustration of a butterflies parts
Kousa dogwood flowers

Haiku: Kousa Dogwood

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A flowering tree
A four pointed white petal
Japanese lovely

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 5/20/17

Photo by PamelaWLucas, Oakton, VA 5/20/17

Asian Kousa dogwood berries
Asian Kousa dogwood berries that appear in the fall.

These beauties are resistant to many of the diseases that frequently plague flowering dogwoods and they offer seasonal changes on the landscape.

Vines, sweet pea blossom and tendrils

Haiku: Tendrils bring blossoms then Peas

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Tender thin green vines
Wrapping tendrils cling and reach
Blossoms come the peas

Haiku poem by PamelaWLucas 5/20/17

Inspiring photo by PamelaWLucas 5/20/17

Here are many varieties of peas for you to learn about quickly.

tendrils of sugar peas
tendrils of sugar peas
Sweet pea blossom about to open
Sugar pea blossom about to open

 

chipmunk peaking out of a tree hole

Haiku: Chipper Chipmunk

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Tiny furry stripes
Speedy and industrious
camouflaged critter

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 5/7/17

Abandon cave opening looking from the inside out

Uncomplicated Thoughts: Abandoned

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Looking out gives a different perspective

than when looking in.

Inspiring photo taken by Angela Bowling in an abandoned garnet mine near Asheville, NC 5/17