Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub.
My haiku and image inspired by Jill.
roses madly thrashed
spring’s wild tempest rains attack
my pointless garden
NAR©2026
This is “Dead Flowers” by The Rolling Stones
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Now that is a sad one…. I saw the Stones at Churchill Downs (terrible place for a concert)…so when they played Dead Flowers and that line came up “Making bets on your Kentucky Derby days” there was a roar…
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No!!! Say it ain’t so.. Beautiful poem but harsh reality…
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Wonderful haiku and image. Tragic 💔
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That’s brilliant! The words and image paired with the tunes. Thanks for sharing 💝
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Ugh. Nothing worse than seeing those beautiful petals on the ground in a storm. Lovely photo, though. You and ChatGPT did great!
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