deep inside purple
dropping Chicago’s pollen
so quick, bloom is gone
senryu by M. Nakazato LaFreniere
It’s over. The flower has closed back up
Daily haiku or senryu for fun
Tag: corpse flower
Senryu : a flower by any other smell is still a flower
don’t know dead body’s smell
smells like manure aroma
ten year’s first blossom
senryu by M. Nakazato LaFreniere
I stood in line for more than an hour to enter the butterfly room which housed
Senryu : corpse flower
corpse flower, please bloom
we all are watching. Don’t be shy!
live feed streamed worldwide
senryu by M. Nakazato LaFreniere
Live video feed of the corpse at the Tucson Botanical Garden. It only blooms after 10 years and for about 24-36 hours. If you go to the you-tube feed, people are commenting live while they wait. It is going to bloom any minute — hence the live feed. It’s real name is Amorphophallus Titanum. I’d tell you what that means but we’re PG, lol. (I knew that would make you run to your latin dictionary!)
The Garden hope to pollinate it within the short blooming window. Every once