The Climbing Orchid
For Poppy's Challenge #3 (Vanilla)
For Poppy's Challenge #3:
With life and love held
in that ring of scent and stem...
What do we extract?
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Comments (9)
Great haiku and the pairing with the quote was perfect.
Just gorgeous. I wish I could write haiku this good!
Love this structured as a poised question! Very good!
LOVELY!!!!!!
Oh wow, that was absolutely beautiful! Loved your Haiku!
Only the sweetest & most soothing of extracts.
Wow! How did you pack so much beauty and insight into 17 syllables? Beautiful, beautiful Haiku! Really well done, Kendall!
Very descriptive for such a short piece.
Super sweet! Loved it.❣️