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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2014-04-12 05:29 PM

turn toward the smell of roses
where thorns
stand ready to stab and bring blood
the secret rumble
of leaves giving notice to beware
those who understand
a storm brewing
give the rose
the symbol of love
a wide measure of respect

©April 12, 2014 / Jerry Pat Bolton

~*~ Love is friendship set on fire. ~*~

[This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (04-12-2014 10:55 PM).]

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

1 posted 2014-04-13 09:50 AM

... except the 'thornless' "Sterling" rose !

interesting 'write!'

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2014-04-13 09:56 AM

Didn't know about the thornless rose. Thanks.

~*~ Love is friendship set on fire. ~*~

EmmaRose
Senior Member

since 2011-03-02

Posts 1376
Midwest

3 posted 2014-04-13 11:30 AM

gee, this is some picture, so painful for the reader to get past, laces in deep, and your poem is picture perfect in sync with the photo, disturbing as it is to view

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2014-04-13 11:35 AM

Yeah, you're right, Emma. This is one of those poems that wrote itself in my mind before I tried to do it for real. The photo? Saw it and knew it was perfect for the poem even though it is sorta hard to deal with I guess.

~*~ Love is friendship set on fire. ~*~

Professor Gloom
Member Elite

since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

5 posted 2014-04-13 05:25 PM

Enjoyed the presentation
only thing I might like to change,
Have shears snipping off the flower.

Gloom

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

6 posted 2014-04-13 05:31 PM

Thanks Gloom. After thinking about it a bit, the shears cutting the flower would have been good.

~*~ Love is friendship set on fire. ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

7 posted 2014-04-13 08:35 PM

Absolutely and quite literally stunning! I've never seen two works of art so well paired. You have really outdone yourself this time my friend. Excellent!

Lori

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

8 posted 2014-04-13 08:41 PM

Thank you so much, Lori. Yep, I thought they went together, the rose and poem.

~*~ Love is friendship set on fire. ~*~

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