Rose of Sharon

rose of sharon
single blossoms' great beauty
close at night

the morning sun says arise
rose of sharon takes flight

introspectiontanka

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James Fraser

April 6, 2015 at 11:00 AM

Beautiful poem for a beautiful flower Sara, just lovely, James :) :)

Funom Makama

April 4, 2015 at 6:41 AM

Visitation to this piece is worth commenting and rating so high! Its a lovely piece friend. Thanks for the share.

Len Gasun

March 25, 2015 at 12:36 PM

I'm so glad to read this very beautiful tanka poem of yours my very dear friend, Sara. Thank you so much for sharing! More blessings! love lots and biggest hugs, Leonora

Emile Pinet

March 25, 2015 at 8:09 AM

Your poem is dependant on the reader being familiar with the "Rose of Sharon" for its full impact, and yet it still takes flight in our thoughts under its own power. Emile.

John Loving Iii

March 24, 2015 at 5:33 PM

I love flowers that open and close. I'm glad you had a picture. I'll have to find one for my origami. night and flight, nice.

M. L. Kiser

March 24, 2015 at 9:40 AM

They are beautiful. Well done.

Kp Nunez

March 23, 2015 at 9:06 AM

What a lovely tanka, Sara. Hope you have a lovely week. :) Kim

Debbie Guzzi

March 20, 2015 at 6:48 PM

A great bush! a lot of bang for the buck & hearty too! interesting tanka. Light & Love

Constance La France

March 20, 2015 at 4:10 PM

Sara, I think you love flowers, you remind me of my mom, how she loved flowers too, you have painted a lovely picture with words, a perfect 7 poem and thanks for visiting my pantoum poem, oh I struggled with that one . . .