The most roses in the rose garden are past the peak and are pruned one after another.  This is to make the second roses bloom about at the end of the rainy season.  Roses are no exception to the changing seasons when everything goes one to two weeks earlier.  The beauty of roses, which were too many to be seen at the time of their peak, but which became few as pruning progressed, is even more striking.  Words alone cannot convey the beauty of this rose with a pale cream gradation.  It is even more impossible with the 5, 7, 5 haiku.  How would Basho express it?  It is Photo haiku that was created from such circumstances.  Take a photo with your smartphone and add a haiku.  It is a means of expression that is in line with the new era.

バラ園の一番バラは盛りも過ぎて次々と剪定されています。梅雨明け時分の２番バラを咲かせる為です。何もかもが１週間から２週間早く過ぎて行く季節の巡りに合わせてバラも例外ではありません。盛りの頃は余りにも多過ぎてじっくり見る間もなかったバラも、剪定が進む中で数少なくなったバラはその美しさがいっそう目に沁みます。淡いクリーム色のグラデーションのこのバラの美しさを言葉だけではとても伝え切れません。ましてや七五三の俳句では無理です。芭蕉さんならどう表現するでしょうね。そこで生まれたのが写真俳句です。短く写俳ともいいます。スマホで写真を撮り俳句を添える。新しい時代に沿った表現手段です。