Dots dashes spots splashes
Patterns of Morse code for the bees
Moths and flies fly from skies
Descending from up in the trees
Finding sweet nectar treat
At the tail end of winter freeze
Early blooms fragrant fumes
Wake insects from their winter zzzz
Naturette Poem
8 lines with the following syllable count and rhyme scheme about small finds in nature.
6AA
8B
6CC
8B
6DD
8B
6EE
8B
Lichens
A pale green glossy sheen
With some rough patches here and there
Foliose, Fruticose
Living symbols of good clean air
Dwell on boles and phone poles
Employing support anywhere
Algal fused with fungal
Look for them nearly everywhere
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Naturette
8 lines with the following rhyme scheme and (syllable count) about small finds in nature.
AA(6)
B (8)
CC (6)
B (8)
DD (6)
B (8)
EE (6)
B (8)
Liquidambar styraciflua
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Snow boots near spiky fruits
Seeds far from the capsules by now
Dropped in turds spread by birds
Away from the blades of a plow
Just the shell where it fell
After tumbling from a bough
debris under a tree
But still helping with life somehow
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Naturette
8 lines with the following rhyme scheme and (syllable count) about small finds in nature.
AA(6)
B (8)
CC (6)
B (8)
DD (6)
B (8)
EE (6)
B (8)
Upon Eating a Lychee
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I imagine this
Is like chewing an eyeball
Thank you Mr. King
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Root System Morphology of Oregon White Oak on a Glacial Outwash Soil
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Deep tap root with fire
And poorly drained soils, gravel
Creates laterals
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A Sciku
I called a god on a payphone and all I heard was Muzak
A free call, I stood there, hip on glass, staticky tunes in my ear
Laughing at the absurdity, but laughing, thank you god, I laughed.
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A Sijo Poem
Eastern Black Swallowtail Caterpillar
Papilio polyxenes asterius
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On slender stalk
Prolegs prop the pudgy
Dill demolisher
Fennel finisher
Carrot cruncher
Celery savorer
These fleshy stubs stick to stems
Enabling efficient eating and
Methodical mandible munching
In a day’s duration
Leaving nothing but a stark stripped stem
Upon which perches a plump pre-pupa.
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An Alliteration Poem
