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Lori Grosser Rhoden
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0 posted 2013-07-05 06:43 PM




My love gave to me
a Valentine rose
blooming brilliant
red blossoms in February
Pruned and groomed
and watered carefully
It waited winter out
doing well in the window
Mild day in May
between the late freezes
it found a home
tucked between sandstones
in the rock garden
Lush and green
it thrived
like the love
it was given with
Renewal budded
in clusters
on the ends
of every branch
I waited impatiently
for buds to bloom
Each flower brightly
reminding me of how much
his love has grown
and just how much
that means to me

LGR(C)7/5/13



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JerryPat2
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1 posted 2013-07-05 07:24 PM


Roses are good for year round enjoyment.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Sunshine
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2 posted 2013-07-05 09:33 PM


Lori....the line breaks were perfect....
they lent well to loving commitment.


Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29
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3 posted 2013-07-06 05:40 AM


Beautiful, Lori!  It's really something special when love grows because so often these days it just dies.
Lori Grosser Rhoden
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4 posted 2013-07-06 07:57 AM


Yes JP they are that is why I keep the silk ones around all the time. Good morning.

Lori

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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5 posted 2013-07-06 07:58 AM


Karilea,
you melt my heart when you use thr word perfect!  Still waiting on your call girlfriend

Lori

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10
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Fair to middlin' of nowhere
6 posted 2013-07-06 08:00 AM


Honeybunch-the secret to lasting love is lots and lots of fertilizer.  


Lori

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