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Tag: iris

Posted on June 30, 2020June 24, 2020

Statuesque

in stone
and petaled forms
a nobility of beauty

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Posted on June 28, 2020June 24, 2020

Waterfall Iris

splashing color
over the garden
into the air

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Posted on June 21, 2020June 20, 2020

The Curvature Of Color

colors
shifted and changed
as they traversed the iris’s curves

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Posted on June 16, 2020June 11, 2020

Place

in the garden
my soul
resides

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Posted on June 8, 2020June 6, 2020

Adorned

bestowed
upon Buddha
a headdress of iris

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Posted on June 4, 2020May 30, 2020

Lavender Blue

triptych of iris
the garden’s
altarpiece

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Posted on June 3, 2020May 30, 2020

In This Liminal Time

each morning
with the flowers
sweet dreams linger

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Posted on May 27, 2020May 24, 2020

Legacy

Buddha leaves
a wake
of beauty and calm

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Posted on April 26, 2020April 23, 2020

Between The Tulips And The Iris


tiny explosion
a potency
of blue

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Posted on February 23, 2020February 16, 2020

Directions Home


at the fence end
the birdhouse’s front yard
a round of iris pods

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Posted on July 26, 2019July 21, 2019

The Same And Different


claiming self
notwithstanding
similarity

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Posted on July 8, 2019July 2, 2019

Madonna


mother
in granite
nature her child

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Posted on July 1, 2019June 25, 2019

Everything Rises


as morning sidles
to the edge of the garden
the gingko bows to the day

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Posted on June 29, 2019June 25, 2019

Skipper


stay close
there are dangers
in the delicious garden

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Posted on June 23, 2019June 18, 2019

Those Two Iris


they leaned
into each other
as lovers often do

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Posted on June 22, 2019June 18, 2019

Joyous Cacophony


bleeding hearts
tambourine the wind
allium and iris
sing solo notes

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Posted on June 20, 2019June 16, 2019

Jumping Up


exaltation
of summer’s
many tiny joys

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Posted on June 18, 2019June 16, 2019

Bronze


a sculpture
grown by June
red metal

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Posted on September 15, 2018September 12, 2018

Singular Kindness


blazing sun
but shade
for Buddha

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Posted on July 8, 2018July 2, 2018

Offerings


the peony
blooms
for Buddha

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Posted on June 22, 2018June 17, 2018

Sitting


buddha of
the three doors
the past, the future, the present

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Posted on June 18, 2018June 17, 2018

Full Bloom


raindrops
on innocence
brief tender days

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Posted on June 17, 2018June 13, 2018

Finale


last ruffle
a final flourish
iris ending

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Posted on June 13, 2018June 7, 2018

Classical Bloom


pillars
of spring
the white iris

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Posted on February 4, 2018February 2, 2018

Iris Wreath


a circle of life
dormancy
gives rise to rebirth

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Posted on July 2, 2017June 28, 2017

Quiet Deliberation


the insect
and the iris
confer upon the day

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Posted on June 22, 2017June 16, 2017

Aspirations


divine
white iris
aspires to heaven

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Posted on June 21, 2017June 16, 2017

All Is Now


when the garden blooms
memories of winter
are exiled

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Posted on June 17, 2017June 6, 2017

Present


iris bow
sun shines
season’s first offering

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Posted on April 30, 2017April 21, 2017

Iris Answers to All Names


undaunted by
a still cold wind
lavender flags fly

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