Culinary Delights
Haiku by Christina Chin
spring onions
in ramen soup
flowering tips
green dwarf apple
plump in the lavender
backyard
coriander
in the parsley patch
loving the sun
Christina Chin
Kuching, Borneo State, Malaysia
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