"Botaiku" are haiku or senryu on the theme of botany or gardening. Mine are written mostly in response to prompts by a great guy on Twitter going by the handles @TheBotaiku and @CnstantGardener - thanks!
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a raindrop attack
orchids shake in terror
nature's drive-by
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foxgloves in the wind
nature's impeccable bells
a damselfly soars
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moving carefully
like a jay in a thorn tree
january sun
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in search of sunshine
the vine climbs ever higher
a stout believer
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the hibiscus knows
after the darkest of nights
the sun will still rise
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the long twining stem
in support of mute bells
poor man's ginseng
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an old greenhouse
sunshine reflects from the glass
a robin takes off
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sunshine looking
for a garden to garnish
please let it be mine
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trying to claw back
the vine after a hailstorm
soothing sunshine
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daylight trespassing
the church turns the other cheek
ivy's steeple climb
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a midsummer boost
fragnance of damiana
lands with the breeze
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a vision in blue
bilberries ripe for a pie
heaven's scent
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I'll send yer bones
to Davy Jones' locker
you evil plant, yarrr!
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sunflowers bloom
yellow brightens up the view
salt of the earth
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change in job title
"head of mucking about"
ousts gardener
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palm leaf's shadow
like a fan of dark feathers
tickling my foot
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purple foxglove
flowers in shipshape rows
a calm evening
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March sunset
the sky has coloured its hair
with beetroot
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daffodils in snow
no one said it was easy
yet spring triumphs
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