Red Orchid

I’m not sure which botanical aspect you are referring to so I posted a link below. I am not a botanist so maybe someone else could provide a better answer. There was an orchid photo I took (where I discovered the pejorative term in the juxtaposing last line), but I found the Unsplash photo much better. I have also read the plural of haiku remains haiku without an ‘s’ however, there are widely contrasting views. It’s a fascinating poetic form. https://www.pottedcolour.com.au/home/flowers/schizanthus/poor-mans-orchid_235

Hi Eric, thanks for your comment. There are myriad ways to see beauty in flowers (including weeds). If weeds had a voice, I am certain they wouldn’t like being called weeds. I had a chuckle at this Unsplash photo with the tongue-like petal below, and the stamens directly above. Must be the child within 🙂

Hi Culture Dragon, thanks for the encouragement. When I was a five-year-old, my first grade teacher said my running writing was ‘like a spider running over the page with ink on its legs’ and her name was Miss Pickett. 🙂 She certainly picked it, and it never improved (like doctor’s scrawl). I have no idea how you produce such lovely handwriting with a digital pen, or otherwise. Keep up the great work.

Thanks Sandra, it can be a bit awkward (orchid), making comments so, encouraging words go a zillion miles. I thought I’d take a break from writing only to find a new love in 100-wd fiction at FFF. The beauty here is also in the comments where I can learn more about writing, each writer, and how much they love Voice Club.