The rose is a type of flowering shrub. The name “rose” comes from French. It comes from the Latin word Rosa. Roses have been symbols of love, beauty, war, and politics. Ornamental roses have been cultivated for millennia, bred for their flowers and fragrance. Roses are used for cut flowers, perfume, food & drink, medicine and in art. There are many varieties today such as hybrid teas (most popular), floribundas, climbing roses, shrubs, standards, weeping standards, and miniature rose bushes. For hundreds of years, the rose has been cherished for its beauty, form, and fragrance inspiring gardeners everywhere.
(Rose facts from Elsie at Ramblings of a Writer )
a rose is a rose
fragrant layered mystery
of romance language
my father twice widower-ed
calls on old/new lady friend
haiku & photo by lynn
a poem in my pocket 
Nov 11, 2019 @ 12:30:22
Beautiful Roses!
Nov 11, 2019 @ 13:32:56
Thanks, Dwight…roses were a favorite of my mother! These grow outside Dad’s senior living apartment building.
Nov 11, 2019 @ 14:05:21
Would you believe the Azealia’s were blooming outside the senior living place here in Waxhaw, NC!! I think the frost this weekend probably nipped them by now.
Nov 11, 2019 @ 14:39:44
Wow….now?! I took photo of roses this past .summer
Nov 11, 2019 @ 14:47:17
Yes, I saw some last Friday when I went there! Very odd to see them in the fall!