Summer tanka

a cicada's
raucous call for a mate
makes me wonder
should I wear
my low cut
red dress tonight

ag ~ 2012

The Seduction of Romance

What is romance?  What is romantic?  As with any art, the answer lies in the heart of the beholden.  It may be flowers on Valentines day, a wedding proposal on one knee...etc.  However, I relate best to the romance of life in moments of simple living with joy, humor, beauty, solitude, whisps of melancholia and yes even those sorrowing times of loss.

Lately I have come to realize that for me, romance is always more romantic after the fact.  Somehow I tend to fully recognize and absorb it best over time and through reflection.  I am also one of those people who comes up with a brilliant retort after the conversation is over.  I'm not complaining, just pondering. 

only in hindsight ...

pillow mint

what I know of romance

in hindsight

november rain

what I know of romance

only in hindsight

morning breeze

what I know of romance

now in hindsight