Comments on: Winter Roses http://sarahflanigan.com/2007/01/30/winter-roses/ Poery & stories of life Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:20:17 +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

]]> By: Robert-Gilles Martineau http://sarahflanigan.com/2007/01/30/winter-roses/comment-page-1/#comment-3596 Robert-Gilles Martineau Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:15:40 +0000 http://sarahflanigan.wordpress.com/2007/01/30/winter-roses/#comment-3596 Have you ever wondered why Japanese men do not like camelias? I was reminded when you said "winter roses sag". I actually have plenty of roses on my balcony. Do have to water them a lot, though. And pare them. And admire them! Cheers, Robert-Gilles <strong> i had no idea that japanese men did not like camelias. though these roses look like camelias they are roses and they've the thorns to prove it. actually, they are my housemates roses and he does nothing to care for them - hence the poem. i must save them regularly or they waste away to no one's pleasure. sarah</strong> Have you ever wondered why Japanese men do not like camelias? I was reminded when you said “winter roses sag”.
I actually have plenty of roses on my balcony. Do have to water them a lot, though. And pare them. And admire them!
Cheers,
Robert-Gilles

i had no idea that japanese men did not like camelias. though these roses look like camelias they are roses and they’ve the thorns to prove it. actually, they are my housemates roses and he does nothing to care for them - hence the poem. i must save them regularly or they waste away to no one’s pleasure.
sarah

]]> By: poet1013 http://sarahflanigan.com/2007/01/30/winter-roses/comment-page-1/#comment-3595 poet1013 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:10:40 +0000 http://sarahflanigan.wordpress.com/2007/01/30/winter-roses/#comment-3595 Yay! The haiku lives! <strong> lol. well let's say at least it has a pulse. thanks, ali. sarah</strong> Yay! The haiku lives!

lol. well let’s say at least it has a pulse. thanks, ali.
sarah

]]> By: naturalhigh http://sarahflanigan.com/2007/01/30/winter-roses/comment-page-1/#comment-3594 naturalhigh Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:04:49 +0000 http://sarahflanigan.wordpress.com/2007/01/30/winter-roses/#comment-3594 A haiku virgin? Well, I guess we all get jaded sometime. <strong> yes, i meant that i'd never written a haiku before this one. sarah</strong> A haiku virgin? Well, I guess we all get jaded sometime.

yes, i meant that i’d never written a haiku before this one.
sarah

]]> By: Winterland http://sarahflanigan.com/2007/01/30/winter-roses/comment-page-1/#comment-3593 Winterland Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:07:51 +0000 http://sarahflanigan.wordpress.com/2007/01/30/winter-roses/#comment-3593 Very good! I'm so impressed! Jennifer <strong> really? it's my first. i was a veritable haiku virgin until now. ;) sarah</strong> Very good! I’m so impressed!

Jennifer

really? it’s my first. i was a veritable haiku virgin until now. ;) sarah

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