I think it sounds like fun.

Here is a link that might be useful: How To Write Haiku Poems

Lucille Ball Must have
Bear Creek Gardens Will Not Sell
Thanks D*** for Cuttings

(Name left off on purpose, but just one syllable)

this rose a rare gem
fragile leaves are diseased
to save it I cut

Why just one entry per poster?

I could never disagree with you, michael, after all you have taught me! Do you think unlimited entries is fair or some other number?

I would want to see more haikus. I don't think anybody cares much who wins, so I don't think fairness is an issue.

Rose petals dewed, spark
memories of innocence
white, pure, so long lost

Spiral centered
triangular in profile
exhibitor wins!

Five Petals pure red
gleaming golden centered
that's Altissimo!

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Hey, that was fun! Great idea for a thread.

Jewels in sunlight
adorn emerald carpet
charm of rose garden!

Gentle winds caress
In the mist, incense rises
Rose Ambridge unfurls.

Golden at sunset
Fairy smiles through rainbow clouds
Tale told once again.

Okay, I'm *not* a poet and I *know* it, but this sounds like fun :-) So, here's mine:

Roses make me smile...
beauty--- indescribable!
simply beyond words.....

OK what about a small incentive plan of some sort?

Times like this, I wish I were a poet--but I not!

Easter freeze damage.
Golden-hued Valencia
Redeems the lost spring.

Kate

Just a newbie here
Floribunda Hybrid Tea
GW corrupts me

Softly folds unfurl
Rosa time past gone til now
Hidden, captured, mine

Carol
This is fun!

Shovel pruning sad
Bloom or I get really mad
Save yourself my friend

It's one oh six now
Weep for them and stay inside
Lest you, too, be fried

Yes, it is fun!
Kathy

A repeat from my post-freeze lament in April:

Crunchy dead brown leaves
Withered buds fall to the ground
Wasted April blooms

Unkind garden gods
Have forsaken me this spring
Roses lay in ruins

Jean

Kate, I think your haiku is perfect. The language is
very natural and just sits perfectly on the syllabic
structure.

By the way I have an advanced degree in English in case
you care. :)

Arching canes gently
sway in the sultry velvet night
glossy green leaves dance.

Vivid green jewel
no blooms needed to entrance
Robusta soothes.

Great idea about the Haiku! Brandy

Beetles plague my rose
buzzing chewing swarming things
spray them and they die.

Great poems! lessee:

Roses in Hell thirst

water them or they will die

weed out the weak ones.

Everyone is so creative! Here's my go at it:

From ancient days
we know not of,
Blossoms, sweet and timeless,
from quiet tell us their tale.

Ok... I'll give it a try! (although I'm sure not the poet some of you are)

Tiny drops of dew

glisten in the morning sun:

priceless garden gems.

Roses without love,
Summer love without roses?
SomethingÂs gone amiss :)

ok, here's another:

It could be much worse.

what is life without roses?

All we'd have are thorns.

Thank you, nickelsmumz8, for the kind words. I wish I could have managed a more vivid image also (ala Ezra Pound or H.D.), but that was beyond my fledgling attempt into poesy.

I'm really enjoying reading everyone's poems. Keep them coming, folks. Jean, your "Unkind garden gods" is very nice.

Kate

So I'm out in my garden yesterday and all I could think of was stupid haiku! Here's another one I came up with:

First flush nearly done
I deadhead from dawn to dusk
Too many roses.

Like Veilchen, I keep thinking of rose haiku now. I posed a challenge to myself--to get the name of a different rose in each line--all recognizable to our knowledgeable GW posters, of course.

Irresistible.
The siren earth's pink song makes
the moon dance with joy.

Maybe I should title this haiku "HHRD."

Kate

I like them. The first two lines are cool. But you have to trade for improper verb conjugation in the third line. So maybe ÂWith joyful moon danceÂ?

Great thread! I'll be back with some comments. Meanwhile, here's a couple:

Poor lifeless Henry
I was wrong to dig him up
Dormant isn't dead

Abbaye de Cluny
Blooming now, after the fire
Abbaye de Phoenix

roseleaf--I'm not getting your point (never thought I'd be arguing grammar on GW!). That is a perfectly correct sentence:

Earth's song makes the moon dance (plus a few other adjectives).

Maybe there is some misunderstanding of what I was saying. The earth is NOT dancing with the moon. Rather, the moon is joyously dancing to the earth's song--as in the universe is rejoicing at the flowering of a rose.

Oh dear, this is somewhat like explaining a joke--loses something in the translation, huh?

Thanks for your interest.

Kate

Previously I read your second line like this: Âearth's pink song makes sirenÂ, still donÂt get Âpink song but now I see you used siren as adjective. ÂEarth's song makes the moon dance makes sense, but I still have trouble digesting Âsiren earthÂs pink songÂ. ItÂs just me.

Anyway, I apologize for mistranslating it. No need arguing. I thought you intended to make a break. I enjoy reading all of them and interpreting a poem is part of the fun :)

Roseleaf,
I agree that "siren earthÂs pink song" is a bit awkward--it was the best I could do given the syllabic count required for that line. Like I said, I'm not a poet (no kidding!). LOL

"Pink song"--It's a figure of speech called synesthesia--using one sense (color/visual: pink) to describe another sense (sound: song). In other words, the rose called "Earth Song" put out a pink bloom.

Sorry if I confused you. I had better go practice my haiku if I want to post any more--OK?

Oh, heck, it was fun anyway.

Kate

Just for the record--since my play on rose names turned out to be more obscure than I thought--the three roses named in my haiku are "Irresistible" (a mini, I think); "Earth Song" (a wonderful pink rose); and "Moondance" (which I haven't seen yet except in the pictures posted on a recent GW thread--looks gorgeous). Remember, the goal I set for myself was to name a rose in each line of the haiku.

Enough, enough--go water your roses, Kate.

OK.

Kate

Hey Kate, good explanation for Âpink songÂ. I get it. No, keep posting please. If I practice mine until theyÂre perfect, I would never post them. IÂm sure they have warts in them too. Thanks again for more clarification.

P.S. I had no problem to ID the 3 roses you inferred

I just got back inside after checking out the JBs, and another one popped out:

Winter in July
Has laid a sultry blanket.
Yet roses withstand!

5-7-5, people, and only 3 lines or I will have to call the Haiku cops.

Perfect rose petal

The mean beetle chomps my bud

My bud is holie

After the first fall freeze:(

Footprints on the grass
Nothing left to idolize
Now grand rose limp rag

Ok. I am already dreading the winter months!!

sensuous beauty
unashamedly naked
colorful petals

LOL at the Haiku Cops! I think Joebar's poem must be about MOI!!

I need more roses

Bare spots in the front garden

Prime rose real estate.

Stupid plain green bush
Forsaken for a new bed
No budget yet sigh

Aphid, rust, roseslug
Blackspot, mildew, spittlebug
I swoon when you bloom

Thrips fungus jb's virus
Drought baking sun floods
Are we crazy folks