A Haiku for Roses

Our son and his bride's wedding flowers came to our home to give us the final days of their beauty.  As you will see from the pictures below, their final days were in fact days of beauty, as they softly and gracefully faded away...

Their beauty made me think of the beauty in aging, and of haikus.

Here's a description of a haiku, from http://haiku-poems.50webs.com/nature-haiku-poems.htm:

If you follow Chinese and Haiku poems, then you believe that poetry is in the unity of a person and Nature. Thus, an indication, direct or indirect, of the season is an essential requirement of haiku.  Also, a haiku poem should evoke human emotion, and it should be suggestive, meaning that by itself it does not contain any interpretation. The interpretation, or more than one, is provided by the reader.



Their gentle beauty against the wood and wrought iron.

  

Seeded eucaliptus, alstromeria and twigs complement the roses for texture and color.



Clustered in a rough basket...



Gracing the wedding invitation in the silver frame our son and his fiancee gave me
to commemorate their marriage. (So sweet.)



On my jewelry chest, next to some of the jewerly I wore for the rehearsal dinner
and wedding.  The amethyst pendant was a gift from grandmother many years ago.



Then...it was time to dry them, as they aged {beautifully}.

Aging Roses
A Haiku

by Zuni

Petals soft and new

Like a woman fade with time

The beauty remains.

On a silver platter, to dry individually on our china cabinet.



Gracing the wedding invitation, again joined by the alstromeria.



On our bathroom vanity...





The Queen of them all...another bathroom vanity.



Their beauty, whether new and fresh,

or showing the passing days, remains.

Waning...

Share with me how you've enjoyed the afterglow

of a child's wedding. 

The flowers?

The pictures?

The guests still visiting?

Lenox Jubilee Pearl silver frame - new

Anchor Hocking Berwick juice glasses, vintage

Martha Steward juice glasses - several years ago

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