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Regal dominance
Rose,by any other name
Gracious in beauty
Thorny but perfumed
Nature's benevolence, a
protective stance
Myriads of colors
Radiant, undeterred by
vagaries of weather
Written for Chev's CARPE DIEM #49, with prompt, Rose
"Thorny but perfumed" Roses are beautiful :-)
ReplyDeleteA lovesong for the roses ... very well crafted Hank.Thank you for participating in Carpe Diem.
ReplyDeleteah what can compare to the beauty of a rose...and demands to be handled delicately or else the thorn...smiles.
ReplyDeleteHave to watch those thorns, get to close and a prick you will get, but watching from nearby, some beauty you will spy.
ReplyDeletevery pretty words....I think the wild rose has a better fragrance than cultivated roses, don't you?
ReplyDeleteWild roses are wonderful, but the bloom is so short and intense. ;-)
ReplyDeleteWild rose thorny but perfumed.... perfect tribute to the queen of flowers!
ReplyDeleteNice on the wild rose, Hank. I tried to make a Nebraska wild rose cutting grow here in the Gulf Coast Texas area but it wouldn't take hold. It died.
ReplyDeleteI like the wild roses because their blooms are pretty but small, pale pink, and really don't put off an odor. They grow all along the fences and in the ditches and everyplace not under cultivation.
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simple and sweet ..
ReplyDeletenature sure been hell lot nice to Rose :)