White Rose, Red Rose symbols of nonviolent resistance, freedom, and love. With these forty short poems Johnny Baranski and David Rosen arrange a bouquet of hope. While our world is under threat of so many dangers, nuclear weapons, terrorism, racial division, and climate change to mention just a few, it is their belief that the language of flowers will prevail.Johnny Baranski has been writing haiku and its related forms for over forty years. He is the author of several chapbooks, including: Pencil Flowers: Jail Haiku; Convicts Shoot the Breeze; Just a Stone’’s Throw; and Blossoming Pear. His newest collection Fireweed will appear in the Folded Word Press chapbook series for 2019. A member of the Haiku Society of America, Haiku Canada, and the Portland Haiku Group, Mr. Baranski lives in Vancouver, Washington.David H. Rosen is the author of such wide-ranging books as: Transforming Depression: Healing the Soul through Creativity; The Tao of Elvis; Time, Love and Licorice; and The Healing Spirit of Haiku.
