Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: love between strangers laden with symbolism rain kissed peony bowing before the heavens praying for golden sunshine ©2018 Linda Lee Lyberg Frank J. Tassone #Hakai Challenge #36: Peony

#Haiku Happenings #2: Xenia Tran’s haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

A rest from #haiku See you tomorrow!

Originally posted on Roth Poetry: My mother had a large bed of peonies in our back yard when I was growing up. I remember the many blooms and sweet smell they produced. Now when I see peonies, it reminds me of that bed and of my Mom. Frank Tassone gave us peonies as our prompt…

#Haiku Happenings #11: Jules’ latest #renga soliloquy for my current #haikai Challenge! meiyo aru botan unwilling to wait Empress Wu Zetian wanted spring blooms in winter only Peony would not – thus banished from Wu’s gardens safe from wrath, late spring Peony flourishes with honor in Luoyang ©J/h — Read on juleslongerstrandsofgems.wordpress.com/2018/06/02/6-2-s-meiyo-aru-botan-haikai-36/

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: A first tanka for Frank’s weekly haikai challenge. ? blooms hang heavy with colour catching the rain petal cups glisten crystal- bright bee basins hum ?