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Bark (tree)
Bloom.
Blossom.
Bole:
Taking protective colouring from bole and bark - Seamus Heaney "Singing School: 6. Exposure"
Bough.
Branch.
Bud.
Burr:
The difference between thistles and burrs - Chris Dombrowski "Rex's Georgic: Hunting Morels in Last Year's Burn"
Stick on conversation's burrs - Oliver Wendell Holmes "A Rhymed Lesson" (selections)
Hoarding exotic burrs and seeds - Campbell McGrath "The Prose Poem"
These rough burrs my heirlooms - Henry David Thoreau "The Fall of the Leaf"
Cane.
Catkin:
The bursting of catkins asunder - Mary Cornelia Hartshorne "Fallen Leaves"
Chaff.
Chlorophyll:
Filling my chlorophyll with galactic energy - Charlie Espinosa "Sunflower Astronaut"
Feed chlorophyll to gutters under gasoline - francine j. harris "another finger for the wound"
The daze of nature's chlorophyll dynamos - Joanne Merriam "The Bather"
Cornstalk:
Kingfishers ghosting in cornstalks - Jennifer Elise Foerster "Hvmken 16"
Send shivers up your neighbors' cornstalks - Kelly Stewart "The Bandit King"
Creeper.
Floret:
A hot core of disk florets and pollen - Charlie Espinosa "Sunflower Astronaut"
Flower.
Flower [category].
Foliage.
Fox Fire:
Foxfire designed to lead us deeper into the swamp - Duane Ackerson "Giving Back the Moon"
Their barks are host to a protean foxfire - Bruce Boston & Robert Frazier "A Compass for the Mutant Rain Forest"
Strangely green like fox-fire on the fen - Mary Elizabeth Counselman "Witch-Burning" [Weird Tales October 1936]
When fox fire glimmers through drizzling rain - Lu Yu "In a Boat on a Summer Evening, I Heard the Cry of a Water Bird. It was Very Sad and Seemed to Be Saying, 'Madam Is Cruel!' Moved, I Wrote This Poem" transl. by Burton Watson
Frond.
Fruit.
Fruit [category].
Germ/Germinate.
Graft.
Grain [category].
Hip.
Hull.
Husk.
Kernel:
Old kernel of a voice - Wendy Chen "Fastened V"
Husks whence the kernel slips - Eleanor Farjeon "In the Oculist's Anteroom"
The multiplication of rectangles inside the kernel of amethyst - Pablo Neruda "Stones from the Sky: XXVIII" transl. by James Nolan
Leaf/Leaves.
Log.
Nut.
Peel.
Petal.
Pith.
Plant.
Plant Cycle:
the plant cycle of sublime season done - Ed Roberson "once the magnolia has blossomed"
Plants [Category].
Pod.
Pollen/Pollinate.
Rhizome.
Rind.
Root.
Rosehip:
Feeding rosehips to the cat - Chris Dombrowski "Koan"
Sap.
Seed.
Seed Coat:
Discard the shriveled seed coat - Charlie Espinosa "Sunflower Astronaut"
Seedpod:
Identical seedpods strong on a vine - Gary Snyder "Why I Take Good Care of my Macintosh"
Black seed-pods from the koumi blow on it now - Tu Fu "I Will Be Alone" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]
Shoot.
Spore:
Bits of life amidst the spores of stillness - Paul Cameron Brown "Devastation"
A wee spore adrift among the fireflies - Dante Di Stefano "Green Burial Unsonnet"
Green spores carried on green light - Sophie Fink "The Dogs Don't Forgive Us"
Signal between spore and star - fahima ife "porous aftermath"
Sprig.
Sprout.
Stalk.
Stem.
Stick.
Stump.
Taproot:
Taproots growing down through treasure caverns - Tim Pratt "A Bestiary: Nidhigg"
Tassel.
Tendril.
Thistledown.
Thorn.
Timber.
Trunk.
Twig.
Wooden.
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Bark (tree)
Bloom.
Blossom.
Bole:
Taking protective colouring from bole and bark - Seamus Heaney "Singing School: 6. Exposure"
Bough.
Branch.
Bud.
Burr:
The difference between thistles and burrs - Chris Dombrowski "Rex's Georgic: Hunting Morels in Last Year's Burn"
Stick on conversation's burrs - Oliver Wendell Holmes "A Rhymed Lesson" (selections)
Hoarding exotic burrs and seeds - Campbell McGrath "The Prose Poem"
These rough burrs my heirlooms - Henry David Thoreau "The Fall of the Leaf"
Cane.
Catkin:
The bursting of catkins asunder - Mary Cornelia Hartshorne "Fallen Leaves"
Chaff.
Chlorophyll:
Filling my chlorophyll with galactic energy - Charlie Espinosa "Sunflower Astronaut"
Feed chlorophyll to gutters under gasoline - francine j. harris "another finger for the wound"
The daze of nature's chlorophyll dynamos - Joanne Merriam "The Bather"
Cornstalk:
Kingfishers ghosting in cornstalks - Jennifer Elise Foerster "Hvmken 16"
Send shivers up your neighbors' cornstalks - Kelly Stewart "The Bandit King"
Creeper.
Floret:
A hot core of disk florets and pollen - Charlie Espinosa "Sunflower Astronaut"
Flower.
Flower [category].
Foliage.
Fox Fire:
Foxfire designed to lead us deeper into the swamp - Duane Ackerson "Giving Back the Moon"
Their barks are host to a protean foxfire - Bruce Boston & Robert Frazier "A Compass for the Mutant Rain Forest"
Strangely green like fox-fire on the fen - Mary Elizabeth Counselman "Witch-Burning" [Weird Tales October 1936]
When fox fire glimmers through drizzling rain - Lu Yu "In a Boat on a Summer Evening, I Heard the Cry of a Water Bird. It was Very Sad and Seemed to Be Saying, 'Madam Is Cruel!' Moved, I Wrote This Poem" transl. by Burton Watson
Frond.
Fruit.
Fruit [category].
Germ/Germinate.
Graft.
Grain [category].
Hip.
Hull.
Husk.
Kernel:
Old kernel of a voice - Wendy Chen "Fastened V"
Husks whence the kernel slips - Eleanor Farjeon "In the Oculist's Anteroom"
The multiplication of rectangles inside the kernel of amethyst - Pablo Neruda "Stones from the Sky: XXVIII" transl. by James Nolan
Leaf/Leaves.
Log.
Nut.
Peel.
Petal.
Pith.
Plant.
Plant Cycle:
the plant cycle of sublime season done - Ed Roberson "once the magnolia has blossomed"
Plants [Category].
Pod.
Pollen/Pollinate.
Rhizome.
Rind.
Root.
Rosehip:
Feeding rosehips to the cat - Chris Dombrowski "Koan"
Sap.
Seed.
Seed Coat:
Discard the shriveled seed coat - Charlie Espinosa "Sunflower Astronaut"
Seedpod:
Identical seedpods strong on a vine - Gary Snyder "Why I Take Good Care of my Macintosh"
Black seed-pods from the koumi blow on it now - Tu Fu "I Will Be Alone" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]
Shoot.
Spore:
Bits of life amidst the spores of stillness - Paul Cameron Brown "Devastation"
A wee spore adrift among the fireflies - Dante Di Stefano "Green Burial Unsonnet"
Green spores carried on green light - Sophie Fink "The Dogs Don't Forgive Us"
Signal between spore and star - fahima ife "porous aftermath"
Sprig.
Sprout.
Stalk.
Stem.
Stick.
Stump.
Taproot:
Taproots growing down through treasure caverns - Tim Pratt "A Bestiary: Nidhigg"
Tassel.
Tendril.
Thistledown.
Thorn.
Timber.
Trunk.
Twig.
Wooden.
Navigation Links:
Go to author indices.
Go to word indices.
Go to category indices.
