Chrysanthemum and a Six Word Memoir

I was tagged by Supernatural Fairy Tale to write a six word memoir. That's right; only six words and what comes to mind is perfect simplicity.

Okay, here goes.

A magenta flower said,
"Eye, Chrysanthemum."

Here are the rules:

1. Write your own six word memoir.
2. Post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you’d like.
3. Link to the person that tagged you in your post.
4. Tag more blogs with links.
5. Enjoy


Tagging:

Dolce Bellezza

Japonisme

Lee's River

Light of Rose

Resonant Enigma

Cyan

Rochambeau

Tangled Up in L'Heure Bleue

Cergipontin

another dream of a luminous magenta chrysanthemum

Pale fog of yet
another winter day.
Suddenly this star
of absolute magenta.
Surprise, said the
winter garden!

mystery creature with fiery Chrysanthemum twins

Yesterday, was a perfect day said, Princess Haiku, for a friend gave me a gift of Chrysanthemum twins. Who are you, I asked them as they burst into fiery beauty.

Who do you think they are?

I am full of mysteries today, Princess Haiku continued. I thought my several hundred year old guardian creature was a Fu dog and now I am not so sure. If anyone can identify it please let me know. It stands ever alert guarding my door and on certain nights exhales frankincense into the air with ancient force. BTW his name is George.

Kiku, Kiku

I saw this white chrysanthemum from the New York Botanical Garden posted on flickR.



When it's all too much this ephemeral creature speaks to me, said Princess Haiku, of ancient legends, poetic beauty.... meditation...

Wrapping the chrysanthemum cloak around her like a shimmering moonlight of possibility, Princess Haiku vanished.

Doesn't she always?

Princess Haiku is dazzled by Lotusgreen's chrysanthemum post

This morning Princess Haiku found Lotusgreen's post on Japonisme about the chrysanthemum and the upcoming New York Botanical Garden's Kiku exhibit. You will be dazzled too.


Princess Haiku was also delighted to visit Digital Flower Pictures and discover his wonderful pictures of the KiKu exhibit. Thank you so much DFP for sharing this tour with chrysanthemum devotees who are far away.

Magenta Chrysanthemums After Rain

Once more, once more
into magenta petals of the
chrysanthemum, I dive.

Where is this river that becomes
a mirror, my sea, the flow amidst,
purple flowers drunk with love,

awakening soul?






Princess Haiku expresses deepest appreciation to the flower that awakens beauty and true nature.

Perfect Notes

Chrysanthemum
perfect notes in my life.
On cellophane tags- these words
perfection,
love, movement,
touch.


What notes are in your life today?

Blogs such as

Mystic Rose

Altered State of Mind

Mindinside

wordsthatflow

KyotoDailyPhoto

Sumangali

often evoke perfect notes.

Here is giving thanks to the spiritual presence of special people on the net.

Princess Haiku Visits Exquisite Chrysanthemum at Japonisme

One of the most interesting blogs that I visit is Japonisme. The latest entry on this visually gorgeous and intellectual space, is, "Mums the Word" If you love rare chrysanthemum flowers the way that I do you won't miss this. Chrysanthemums have inspired many of my haiku and other poems.

Japonisme regularly features "lost painters" or artists that have not been acknowledged for their contributions to the development of Western art. As I am not an expert on this field I will leave it to Japonisme to clarify exactly what is and has been the influence of Japanese arts on those of the West.

More information is available via Wikipedia. If you read this page carefully you will see that Japonisme is one of the few external links cited. Kudos to the independent scholarship and aesthetic charm of this blog.

Chrysanthemum Paper

Gorgeous Japanese chrysanthemum paper.