Free flowing flowery poem. Can smell that hibiscus right now. Love flowers of all kinds. The photo is great too.

I am enjoying your masterful poetry! We have red and black hibiscus in the yard. So showy!

A hooker at a Methodist convention? HA HA! What a cool image that is!!!!! I'm glad I didn't miss this one Roger! Blessings, Michelle

flowers are like people huh?
all the same........yet different faces........
I totally agree with this idea......
I see the same thing all around in nature......even stones, actually, especially stones.........

time to garden again :) pax A

Hahaha! Roger, I'm catching up on my reading and I'm soooo glad I didn't miss this poem ... it's wonderfully triumphant!

Roger.. what a treasure!!!! (lmao) you amaze me in the most delightful ways!

A lovely ode to a lovely flower. Thank you for sharing this offering, Roger. Love and peace to you.

Regis

How sensual! Love it and everything you write!
Yes Rodge it is I

"A bit of the tawsry is taste-full". What more needs to be said?

Bob H

Roger, HIBISCUS is fantastic. It does the can-can like a stunning Vegas show girl!

Tawdry can be quite fun!

~ Mari

Ah, loved this! Excellent!

Reindeer

Very nice - spare verbage can say a lot...loved the comments on your bio page!

This is fabulous I just planted peppers this morning in the Arizona morning light. Now I want to go out and stare at the dirt and dream of what will be.

Roger,

Awesome capture of sensuality...the picture and your poem!

So your the one that planted me! :-) Wonderful write.

"Action/Thriller" is it? Mmmm Hmmm... of course, the poet is, indeed, everywhere! in this completely original, creative (dare I say) ditty.

Compact quartets that burst and bloom... even the flowers were giggling. To say I love this one would be a gross understatement... so, rather than go for other expressions I'll just say it louder: I LOVE THIS ONE, ROGER!!! (grin) You are, beyond most, a master metaphor-er. katy xoxox

Perfection, Roger!
Best,
Carolyn

Down here in Baptist land tawdry is normal. Nice tribute to a beautiful, though short lived, flower.

Ron

Excellent write about a beautiful plant...

Well! I dare say the petunias and the wild onion, never mind poor little daisy, are just agast at the tart you have introduced in their garden. Of course, the elephant ears and the cacti are already sharpening their best seducing lines.

I love hibiscus and the way you crafted this poem matches
its beauty! Wonderfully written, Roger!;-)

Love,
Eileen

Most outstanding!!

I think I know how this hibiscus must feel....like I did when I joined AD...the outcast from South Africa!!

Love Tinka

"as in life,
a bit of the tawdry
is taste-full"

This I will have to remember, you are a man just chock full of little tidbits of info aren't you...;) Ed

EXCELLENT write. A garden won't be a garden without something wild in it. Otherwsie the garden would be so boring. Great idea to plant the Hibiscus to bright up your garden.

Sandie May Angel a.k.a. Sandie Angel :o)

An excellent ode to the Hibiscus, Roger, one of my favorite "flashy" flowers.
Take care,
Sherry