The power of flower-symbolism is examined with regard to two very different poets from the latter half of the 2oth century who use petalled plants to deal with fundamentally religious or spiritual values even when explicitly religious language. allegiance or even evocation of the numinous was policed as un-poetic. The poets are distinct in gender. political situation. https://www.roneverhart.com/Shinsei-Junmai-Daiginjo-Sake-720ml/