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A Rose Would Never Be a Rose
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A Rose Would Never Be a Rose |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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A Rose Would Never Be a Rose I think that butterflies wouldn’t fly And rivers wouldn’t know where to flow Pine trees would run out of cones And autumn geese would bear the snow The sun would not know when to set The stars would simply fade away A rose would never be a rose And night would get confused with day The ecosystems are so fragile Everything is intertwined A loss of one destroys another In the course of nature’s time I think that butterflies wouldn’t fly A rose would never be a rose If you weren’t here to balance out The secrets Mother Nature knows I think the world would be askew And incomplete if not for you Elizabeth Santos [This message has been edited by Elizabeth Santos (edited 06-29-2000).] |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Stop that!! How dare you make poetry look this easy!? At least have the decency to make it look like you have to work at it a little, ok?  (bowing deeply) |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
B-b-b-but M-m-m-m-michael, I was talking about YOU! (I'm sure he'll believe me) Thank you Love ya, Liz |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
A lovely piece. It seems to have come so "natural" to you. Why not send it to your favorite enviromental group for their enjoyment. jamie Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil. "Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely". |
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lucky Senior Member
since 2000-01-17
Posts 1601Idaho |
Very Nice, Just got back from a long vacation my knees and bones are still shaking but it was great to find a sweet sweet rose waiting for me. Love & Prayers Dale |
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ESP Member Elite
since 2000-01-25
Posts 2556Floating gently on a cloud.... |
Lovely, Liz, simply perfect. Your grace and total effortlessness never cease to amaze me. Keep 'em coming, ok?!!! Love to you and Tony. Love and hugs, Lizzie  "Poetry is the true expression of my soul, it is my ultimate means of communication. It is my rainbow of delight." |
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mariee66 Senior Member
since 2000-01-30
Posts 596Recess, OfYourMind |
As always, your poems are a delight to read.  I'd have to agree...you make it look too easy! Marie~ |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Liz, What a wonderful poem with a wonderful message. You are so right, we all play a very important part in keeping nature in balance. We must all do our part. Nice writing!! Lone Wolf Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility. --William Wordsworth |
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Cerenity Member Elite
since 2000-02-16
Posts 2637Escondido-California |
Hi Liz, WOW this is great, and about everything I love thanks for sharing. Also I recieved your e-mail thank you so much. Love, Cerenity |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Elizabeth, I agree with Mike. You make everything look so easy. Wonderful poem. Love Sy |
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Elizabeth
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Member Ascendant
since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
This is so well done, Liz. The title grabbed me, so I had to read it. I loved the last two lines. Elizabeth I'm grabbing my hat and coat I'm leaving the cat a note Quick call me a ferry boat-getting out of town! |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
She surely does make it look easy, doesn't she, Deer???...  |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
Absolutely beautiful!!!! |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Elizabeth~ Nicely said, my friend. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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angelswing Senior Member
since 2000-02-10
Posts 705United Kingdom |
This is probably the best poem I have read for months, it is amazing the fact that when we thought it couldn't possibly get any better you proved us all wrong, and came up with this work or art . I absolutely Loved this one . L.of.L. Tom . Insanity is a perfectly normal responce to an abnormal world -R.D.Laing.- |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Beautiful poem, and a beautiful message, all from a beautiful lady ... loved this one Elizabeth! Best wishes, /Kit |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
I would like to thank you for all the very kind remarks to this poem. The comments are very kind. Liz |
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Enola Member
since 2000-02-11
Posts 138England |
I haven't read one of your poems in such a long time, I forget how good they are. This is beautiful. The tragedy of it is that nobody sees the look of desperation on my face. Thousands and thousands of us, and we're passing one another without a look of recognition. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
If I should fall there from the sky Elizabeth, lift me up put me back up on high we all love you Elizabeth...may your pen forever bear ink... Sunny ~~~Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. Helen Keller ~~~ When you want to be loved, look within...KRJ |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
life is a delicate balance, and this poem is really beautiful. what else can i say. "monuments put from pen to paper turns me into a gutless wonder" Manic street preachers |
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LoveBug
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Member Elite
since 2000-01-08
Posts 4697 |
Liz, this is beautiful, as usual! "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -Oscar Wilde "The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief" -Shakespea |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
Liz, if only I had your way with words. Beautiful poem, one of your best And this forum would never be as beautiful if you were not here to share your poemsTake care, Melissa Honeybee The beauty of poetry gives me wings to fly |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Truly a rose and a sunset only seems half as beautiful when you have no one to share them with...James |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Thank you, my friends, for your wonderful responses to this poem Liz |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Your right, Liz...the world would not be the same without you! Lovely poem! |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
You do make it look so easy, that's why you are so talented! Simply beautiful, Elizabeth! Denise |
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Yu Lan Senior Member
since 2000-04-13
Posts 1462New Zealand |
This is simply wonderful, Liz.. what a beautiful, SPECIAL poem.. please can you edit this, and submitt it for the book, so i can vote 4 it?! ^_^ wow.. I cna't say any compliment large enough for this one.. Lynne "He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened." Lao-tsu |
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