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one million beetles
hiding under
one million leaves
locust leaves
skeletonized by beetles
hiss in the wind
already brown
before the storm toppled it
black locust limb
a leafminer beetle
lands on my thinning scalp
black locust grove
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Locust leafminer haiku
locust leafminers
now the leaves get more of the sky
than just sunlight
the locusts look as if
they’ve been eaten by locusts:
leafminers
In good light
On a maple’s pale bark,
a zigzag ladder—old tooth-marks
from a wandering snail?
Green islands of moss
beckon across a fluttering sea
of brown leaves.
This cloud-filtered sunlight
is perfect, says the photographer
as her cheeks slowly turn red.
Fairy Bells
Prosartes lanuginosa
Their ringing isn’t obvious;
you need the ear
of an anchorite to find them.
Listen for water tricking under rocks,
a black-throated green warbler’s
five wheezy notes.
Look beneath creased leaves
& zigzag branches
for a bell of quiet yellow-green
that flares into a six-pointed star,
anthers facing outward
around a stout style—
all of which must drop away
to swell the bell’s heir,
a scarlet clapper.
Goldthread
Coptis trifolia
White-lipped anthers
purse & part.
The sturdy styles end in hooks —
it’s not enough to be adhesive.
Nectar pools in the petals’
yellow spoons
above a white dish of sepals,
which shatters in the first hard wind.
This blooming is so early & brief,
the leaves are better known:
like the glossiest strawberry leaves
you’ve ever seen
growing in the least fertile,
most pristine parts of the forest,
far from plow & logger,
Adieu
Let us then, do not lie
Though we lie next to each.
Let us then, do not touch
If our hearts so belie.
Let us then, do not kiss
Bereft of warmth are our lips.
Let not our eyes look at us
Blinds are drawn, the windows dark.
Let us then, do not let love
Fall into a habit like brushing the teeth.
Scatter the past to the rising wind
Like leaves fluttering in the Fall.
Let us then, not pretend to love
No reprimand for not being in love.
Life is a journey not bound on leash,
Let us, my love, now let us leave.
Stay
Stay with me,
My Fruitful Plant.
Till your leaves become yellow
and wilt.
Till everything starts to shed,
One by one,
Falling much more slower than a feather.
Till a spot of rot starts to appear on you.
Till your bear the fruits from the seeds
I planted.
Fertiliser
When i met you,
you were barely surviving.
a brown and scappy flower,
with crispy leaves is what you were.
But when i saw your leaves falling,
one bye one,
bringing you closer
to your last day on earth,
i made a vow
to provide you with the elements
that one needs to thrive.
Loving you
'How do I love thee?' she asked
and proceeded to count the ways.
'How silly!', said I,
There is only one way -
Seamless, boundless, like sunshine.
Sunlight, streaming through the leaves -
Or like this dewdrop perching
On the tip of a leaf, so precious!
The Tree
Above, the sky was a bright blue
Clouds, white, swum lazily
Sun shone bright
Breeze blew gentle.
Atop the tree, on the highest branch
A new leaf, slender and green
Soaked in the sun and danced in the air.
Other leaves wished how they could be
At the top, at the very top.
Humming happily to itself, the leaf,
Humming happily to itself
Nothing above me
But the empty, vast sky!
Trembling in glee, the flower buds
Blushed,
Dreaming of the bees
My Bed Is My Coffin
The weight of my sadness pulls on my heart
the iron chains of my thoughts restrain me to my hatred
every movement feels like carrying the earth on my fingertips
it drains me of all hope and light
leaving only the shell of what once was a happy little girl
skipping through feels of cotton
now passing through different levels of hell
only to find that what she had been searching for was hers all along
the draught of her mind makes the painting dry up
and makes the summer leaves shrivel and die
only to be crunched by the crushing weight of a human
like a wave of anger
and what will be a board to float on
if only the universe would grant it
You and Her
Everything is different now
You used to have me
Now you have her
The laughter throughout the night
An echo branded into my brain
Gone, like the leaves on the trees
You share that with her now
Staying up well past midnight
Exploring our darkest secrets
Fitting them together like a puzzle
I guess your pieces fit better with hers
We used to have a never ending song
Always in constant harmony
I suppose not everything lasts forever
Then again, you've known her longer
Yet I linger here, waiting