Summer’s Last Flower

Feb 12

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everything vital
sucked from stem and root and leaf—
summer’s last flower

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Northern Arizona
 
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Posted on February 12, 2012, in Arizona, haiku, I Heart Macro, Macro Monday, Mellow Yellow Monday, Northern Arizona, One Single Impression, Postcards from Paradise, Shadow Shot Sunday 2, Straight Out of the Camera Sunday, The Haiku Challenge 2012. Bookmark the permalink. 29 Comments.

  1. Jim | February 12, 2012 at 5:13 pm

    I like your haiku, MMT. 🙂 The last flower, I like the last rose, always has the role of a sustainer for the world around. Humans, birds, animals, all respect this hardy bloom until the end.
    ..

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  2. LaVoice | February 12, 2012 at 6:24 pm

    I have a lot of plants that look similar to this from last year. Perhaps soon we will be able to see bright blooms again.

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  3. Lenora | February 12, 2012 at 8:53 pm

    yes – sometimes there is great beauty in the flowers well past prime – not everyone sees this though 🙂 I hear both: look at the beauty in your dry bloom – and your flowers are dead!

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  4. lolamouse | February 12, 2012 at 9:09 pm

    So true. I always try to leave the dried flower heads in the garden. Love your photos and haiku!

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  5. Write Girl | February 12, 2012 at 9:13 pm

    Sad yet beautiful haiku. So beautifully written here. Enjoy your work as always.

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  6. stephanie | February 12, 2012 at 9:27 pm

    I often see beauty in decay…

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  7. imriz | February 12, 2012 at 10:32 pm

    i always find beauty in all sots of blooms even way past mortality.

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  8. Liz | February 13, 2012 at 12:07 am

    Still beautiful. Have a fabulous week.

    Liz @ MLC

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  9. toby | February 13, 2012 at 12:26 am

    Yes, still beautiful! We can see the shadow of what it once was 🙂

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  10. Valli | February 13, 2012 at 12:55 am

    Thought provoking haiku!

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  11. viv blake | February 13, 2012 at 1:44 am

    last flower of summer
    holds the future in its seeds
    first flower next year.

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  12. Tatjana Parkacheva | February 13, 2012 at 2:47 am

    I like your photo and haiku.

    Regards and best wishes

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  14. winterwood | February 13, 2012 at 5:13 am

    evokes sadness and dying beauty! love it

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  15. ann nz | February 13, 2012 at 5:20 am

    You can use it as dried flowers.

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  16. HOOTIN ANNI | February 13, 2012 at 5:35 am

    I seriously don’t know which I like best about your blog….the images are outstanding…but oh, your haiku is superb.

    MY MACRO LINK Drop by and see if you can find something seasonal hidden in the images. Just for fun.

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  17. Michelle B. | February 13, 2012 at 7:28 am

    Love the haiku and the photo is so fitting – beautiful!!

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  18. rebecca | February 13, 2012 at 8:29 am

    everything tangles with beauty and death. may we all find the grace of summer’s last flower for all life’s challenges.
    profoundly beautiful.

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  21. cloakedmonk | February 13, 2012 at 6:09 pm

    Summer’s last flower…contains a sadness and yet is a promise of the renewal of life.

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  22. Kala | February 13, 2012 at 8:28 pm

    Gorgeous details, light and tones. Happy MM!

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  23. Adin Blankenship | February 14, 2012 at 11:14 am

    Spring is around the corner and everything is going to be back to life. Interesting photo! 🙂 Visiting via MYM. Late one!

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  24. Jessica Cassidy | February 14, 2012 at 2:45 pm

    beautiful and clear shot of a dead flower 🙂 Visiting from MYM, hope that you can return the visit too.

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  25. Ida | February 15, 2012 at 1:00 am

    The Haiku works beautifully with your photo. There is a sweet sense of what was in both.

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  26. GB | February 16, 2012 at 9:24 pm

    Simple and nicely done.

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