Comments on: Winter Roses http://sarahflanigan.com/2007/01/30/winter-roses/ Poery & stories of life Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:52:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Robert-Gilles Martineau http://sarahflanigan.com/2007/01/30/winter-roses/comment-page-1/#comment-3591 Robert-Gilles Martineau Tue, 06 Feb 2007 03:53:12 +0000 http://sarahflanigan.wordpress.com/2007/01/30/winter-roses/#comment-3591 Dear sarah! Greetings again! Thanks for visiting my blog! Japanese usually dislike camelias because they take a long time to die away, bending down like necks to be cut by the sword. Samurais venerated cherry blossoms because they "died" in full glory as opposed to camelias who "lingered" in decay! Cheers, Robert-Gilles <strong> robert, that is very interesting because isn't it the asian cultures that teach patience and endurance? yet they cannot bear to let a poor flower end its existence in its own way. now that is what we call irony. sarah</strong> Dear sarah!
Greetings again!
Thanks for visiting my blog!
Japanese usually dislike camelias because they take a long time to die away, bending down like necks to be cut by the sword.
Samurais venerated cherry blossoms because they “died” in full glory as opposed to camelias who “lingered” in decay!
Cheers,
Robert-Gilles

robert, that is very interesting because isn’t it the asian cultures that teach patience and endurance? yet they cannot bear to let a poor flower end its existence in its own way. now that is what we call irony.
sarah

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