Lavender outside
step in the pink and purple;
sweet luscious all day.

The sweet inhaling,
fresh and sweet, the sky is ripe.
Lucid trees sublime.

In distant memory,
verdant foliage under bloom,
awaken senses.

 

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“Mountain Laurel” is a triptych haiku poem written by Michael Aaron Casares. All rights reserved.