brilliant azalea
calling out with its color
reminder of home
Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #27: Azalea
(In Chinese culture, the azalea is known as “thinking of home bush”)
Image source: wikimedia.org (edited here)
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I didn’t know that about the azalea.
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🙂
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #1 (4/3/18): Ken’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge and #namoweimo2018 / #glomowrimo2018!
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That’s so interesting…azaleas always make me think of my time living in Baltimore. They are glorious all over the city in the spring. Your words make me see it all over again. (K)
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So it’s true. They do!
Thank you.
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The color certainly does ‘call out’… a brilliant memory marker.
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Thanks for sharing to my #haikai challenge, Ken! Don’t forget to link up your post to Mister Linky! 🙂
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Ooh, yeah, and Linky is a good reminder to check the other poems. Thanks, Frank.
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love the poem – love the shrub
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They can be beautiful.
Thanks, Paul.
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Gorgeous, Ken. I love azaleas.
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Thanks, Robbie. They always seem so rich, even in white – so lush.
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