Somebody's Roses - pipTalk Forums

How to Join	Member's Area	Private Library	Search	Sanctuary		Login
Main Forums	Discussion	Tech Talk	Mature Content	Archives	A home without a wall, Our haven without ends, A circle we all call Our Family of Friends!

Mona Lisa
Member

since 1999-08-25

Posts 100
Halifax, Nova Scotia

0 posted 2000-08-05 02:06 AM

The piercing sting of thorns,and pervading scent of satin petals.
Some submursed in water, poised in bouquets,
in the granduer of crystal.

Blushing brides hold them in clusters,
while prancing down hallowed isles.
As handsome groomsmen stand in starched attention,
with these poesies of crimson tucked neatly beneath their necks.

Enhanced with the breath of babies,
entwined and bundled with florists wire,
they serve as tokens of passion,
and source of the recipient's glee.

And while they live, they are loved.
But in time, their wilting begins,
and the saviour to them, no water can be.

Now these who once prettified banquet halls are dying away,
Their withering has begun.
And only a subtle scent prevails.

These once fragrant blooms are kidnapped from the safety of pottery.
As their crumbling leaves fall,
their scarlett petals no longer vivid.

And ashen and dead they lay, their beauty far spent.
As forgotten among rubbish and debris, lay somebody's roses.

[This message has been edited by Mona Lisa (edited 08-05-2000).]

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

1 posted 2000-08-05 07:47 AM

Roses live and roses die and what lush extravagant experiences they have inbetween. I loved ready this....James

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

2 posted 2000-08-05 10:39 AM

MonaLisa~
A lovely accounting of the life cycle of a rose.
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

3 posted 2000-08-05 10:43 AM

Mona Lisa Mona Lisa that's what men have named you
you're so like the lady with the mystic smile

great poem Mons Lisa! Lovely accounting of the rose.

brian madden
Member Elite

since 2000-05-06

Posts 4374
ireland

4 posted 2000-08-05 10:54 AM

Mona, an excellently written poem on the temporary nature of everything. REally loved this poem.

"I am melancholy, flower cutting through stone"
manic street preachers

Mona Lisa
Member

since 1999-08-25

Posts 100
Halifax, Nova Scotia

5 posted 2000-08-05 11:06 AM

Thank all of you muchly. It is great to be back posting poetry amongst my poetic comrades. After almost a year of absence from this site, it feels good to have finally returned.

Thanks again, all of you.

Sunnyone
Member Ascendant

since 2000-07-06

Posts 5334
Staffordshire, England

6 posted 2000-08-05 10:08 PM

Mona Lisa...
            I really enjoyed reading this!
      I dearly love roses, have tons of them
      in my yard, and always hate to see the
      blooms die........
            I love the way you wrote this!

I have but one goal in
life.........
To make you smile!
~~ Sunny ~~

	⇧ top of page ⇧
All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format.