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the smell of roses
drifts on the wind
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Photo: Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Stratford-Upon-Avon, England, c.b.w. 2004
Words: haiku, c.b.w. 2017
roses
Aflame
Standardroses bloom
setting the field
aflame in coral hues
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Photo: Roses in Regents’ Park, London, c.b.w. 2011
Words: haiku, c.b.w. 2017
Layers
Standardlayers of petals
a bee
hides inside
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Photo: Roses Up Close, c.b.w. 2015
Words: haiku, c.b.w. 2017
Petals
Standardrose petals fall
summer’s answer
to snow
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Photo: Regent’s Park, London, c.b.w. 2011
Words: haiku, c.b.w. 2017
Fade
Standardlost in thought
her smile fades
the roses wilt
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Photo: Street Art in Portland, Oregon, c.b.w. 2015
Words: senryu, c.b.w. 2017
C.B. Wentworth 