Originally posted on Xanku: High, warm, northern sun. We don’t even think about the desert rose

Originally posted on awisewomansjourney: Written In Response To: Word Of The Day Challenge – Opulent Frank J. Tassone Haikai Challenge #94 (7/13/19):  Desert Rose – This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that states or references the desert rose. delicate beauty opulent desert rose brings beholder’s…

Originally posted on petrujviljoen: Photo: Flicker The oldest of the flowering plants. A living fossil. The lotus survived the ice age, predating humanity by many thousands of years. Much is made of the mud it lives in. Much is made of its unblemished emergence. For some a daily process. Little water, deep water as long…

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: For Frank Tassone’s ‘desert flower’ theme haikai challenge. ? Desert rose and flame red colours of sun molten sky caught by parched earth shaped by terracotta hands