Florida Haiku and Short Verse

Tuesday nature poetry,  Fragrant water lily, Nymphaea odorata Florida Nature Haiku & Art, Fragrant Water Lily by Kevin Songer … sweeter scent none else shallow blue fishing spot blooms bugs and bass … lazy kayaking lily pads circle round and round floating two eyed log …

Florida Wildflower Haiku (Senryu), Marsh Rose Gentian, Sabatia dodecandra Florida Wildflower Haiku, Marsh Rose Gentian, Sabatia dodecandra by Kevin Songer …  limestone rock croppings bees butterflies skipper art rose gentian drawn … Tarkiln Bayou State Park, Marsh Rose Gentian, Sabatia dodecandra by Kevin Songer Rose gentian has about a dozen different species found throughout Florida (Sabatia spp.).  Tarkiln Bayou State Park, Marsh Rose Gentian, Sabatia dodecandra by Kevin Songer Rose gentian’s flowers are rich in purple and pink hues. When in full summer bloom, Sabatia can fill a roadside drainage swale with incredible swaths of pink and purple.  Tarkiln Bayou State Park, Marsh Rose Gentian, Sabatia dodecandra by Kevin Songer Some accounts may exist where early settlers dried Sabatia root and then brewed a chicory-like coffee with the plant parts. This may be a historical carry over from traditions in Europe where the same...

Florida Wildflower Haiku - Short Verse for Sunday, Wild petunia, Ruellia caroliniensis Florida Wildflower Haiku - Short Verse & Art, Wild Petunia, Ruellia caroliniensis by Kevin Songer …  purple bloom nectar attracts pollinators all, far into scrub woods … Wild petunia is always a surprise to discover growing in the woods as the plant and flower brings an aura of nice-neat cultivation to rough and ramble undergrowth. Wild petunia is a cousin of the more invasive Mexican petunia yet wild petunia is a prized Florida native wildflower and does not grow in an invasive manner. The common buckeye and white peacock butterflies seek out wild petunia as larval host plant.

Florida haiku - senryu for first fall Saturday morning; Seaside goldenrod and Mangrove buckeye. Florida Nature Poetry, Seaside Goldenrod, Mangrove Buckeye by Kevin Songer ... harvest goldenrod mangrove buckeye both bargain, anticipate first frost ...

Florida Nature Haiku for Friday morning, Shiny blueberry, Vaccinium myrsinites Florida Haiku, Shiny blueberry, Vaccinium myrsinites by Kevin Songer ... I always wondered bout shiny blueberry’s taste, rabbit got there first ... Shiny blueberry is a diminutive member of the blueberry family offering winter seasonal beauty with its namesake bright and shiny red and green leaves. During the growing season shiny blueberry is usually obscured by taller growing plants. Shiny blueberry produces large amounts of fruits sought after by small mammals, birds and other foragers. I see shiny blueberry growing along most trails hiked.

gulf seashore haiku Florida haiku, Gulf seashore by Kevin Songer... ... gulf's cool waters crash drowning out all other sounds but for seagull's cry ...

Florida nature poetry and art; Pond apple, Annona glabra. … alligator grunts gobbling down a couple meh tasting green fruits … Pond apple trees, like pop ash and black gum grow up out of the deep and dark swamp depths, producing apple-like fruits eaten by alligators and other wildlife. I would describe pond apple fruit’s taste as more ‘blah-bland’ than tasty, but some do make jellies and jams from the fruit. Pond apple provides habitat for wildlife, birds, orchids and bromeliads. Fort Myers' Six Mile Cypress boardwalk is a great place to experience pond apple up close.

Florida nature senryu - haiku for mid week, Candyroot, Polygala nana. Florida Wildflower Poetry, Haiku, Senryu, Candyroot, Polygala nana by Kevin Songer …  I know I shouldn’t pull plant and sniff candyroot, but no one’s looking … Candyroot calls to everyone who has ever pulled up the plant to experience the strong aromatic spicy scent of the roots. Interestingly, candyroot requires ants to collect the plant’s seeds for the  food value  of the seed's coating. Once underground, the seeds then germinate up through the ant's bed. Candyroot’s yellow flowers sit atop stalks rising from a basal rosette of succulent-like leaves.

Florida nature haiku - short verse for Tuesday, another verse about 'paths'. Florida Nature Poetry, Haiku, Senryu, Lover's Key by Kevin Songer ... today's trail was full of ancient stardust turned to sand, leaves and me ... Lover's Key, Fort Myers, Florida

Florida nature senryu for Tuesday, Perdido Key Beach and Life Paths, Perdido Key, Kevin Songer ... sometimes backward path is our path forward, yet wind and waves erase both ...

Inspiration found is always welcomed, and today there are so many sources of insight and revelation. One though outshines all others for insight and illumination.  That source is Nature.  Florida Green Roof and Wildflower Haiku plant, Coral Bean, Erythrina herbacea Drought, salt and heat tolerant.  Hummingbird plant Hands down Nature teaches me more about color, texture, geometry, sustainability, art, music, light, green roofs, haiku, life and the cosmos than any YouTube video, internet site, book or podcast. Florida Green Roof and Wildflower Haiku plant, Prickly Pear Cactus, Opuntia humifusa Very drought tolerant, great coastal green roof plant for habitat and pollinators For millennia, haiku poets have used the term 'Ginkgo Walks' for inspiration found when walking with Nature. Florida Green Roof and Wildflower Haiku plant, Fleabane, Erigeron app. Tolerates wet and dry soils, wind and heat tolerant, excellent pollinator plant A Ginkgo Walk is ...