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Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2002-01-06 07:20 AM

A Heart is a Heart

A heart is a heart, and a rose is a rose
Aheart is still fragile however it grows
It loses its grace in the seasons of time
Then blooms once again to its glorious prime

So tenderly rosebuds are nourished at first
Abundantly showered with loving at birth
When the arbor is full and the shoots thickly grown
It’s assumed that the rose can survive on its own

A heart’s like a rosebud, it beckons the eye
To know the full measure of beauty inside
But a rose is a rose and will always possess
Those fragile soft petals as velvety dress

So easily damaged and shredded apart
Please handle with care, for a heart is a heart

Elizabeth Santos

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

1 posted 2002-01-06 07:32 AM

Elizabeth,
And youtr heart is softer than most...loved this gentle, fragile poem
Keth

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

peppermint35
Senior Member

since 2000-05-28

Posts 1106
Texas, USA

2 posted 2002-01-06 07:37 AM

Oh yes!!! So true and so excellently penned!!!

A lovely gift this early morning

Pepper
"A poem is the very image of life expressed in its eternal truth."
Percy Bysshe Shelley

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

3 posted 2002-01-06 08:48 AM

So alike are the heart and rose...and this, Lady Santos...is a Keeper of the first kind...

Karilea
If I whisper, will you listen?...
I would rather be silent and write, than speak loudly and be bound.

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

4 posted 2002-01-06 08:52 AM

I love this poem, Liz.

Kathleen--
Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul.
Only kindness can do that. ~Jean Baptiste Henri Lacordaire~

2dalimit
Member Elite

since 2000-02-08

Posts 2228
Mississippi coast

5 posted 2002-01-06 09:06 AM

The heart: This product has been openly approved by millions.

Caution: Not intended for the other use.
Warning: Very fragile. Contents may be accidentally released on the unsuspecting.

Excellent poetry. Thanks

Melton

Son Netier
Member

since 2001-12-11

Posts 116
The Garden State

6 posted 2002-01-06 09:10 AM

You present images of beauty so well, must be your rosebud heart. Really liked this Sonnet, I think I’ll go out and buy a dozen roses. Are the florist giving you any royalities?

Bill

SmartChick
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-09-23

Posts 7081
On A Journey To The Unknown

7 posted 2002-01-06 09:17 AM

Beautiful!
"A heart is still fragile however it grows"
I love this line. Even when a person thinks their heart has become so hard that nothing can get to them, they sometimes find out just how fragile it still is. Thank you for sharing this.

heather_kitn
Member

since 2001-12-07

Posts 61
In The Kokapelli's Song

8 posted 2002-01-06 09:17 AM

"But a rose is a rose and will always possess
Those fragile soft petals as velvety dress"

That is my favorite line from a poem that is absolutely beautiful and, well, heart spun and heart felt. Nice job.

-heather

I do not seek...I find!
~Picasso~

strbbux
Member Elite

since 2001-12-19

Posts 3859

9 posted 2002-01-06 11:27 AM

" please handle with care for a heart is a heart" How very lovely is that? Oh I just love the sentiment here, and I also love roses. floria

GenXer
Senior Member

since 2001-12-15

Posts 583
USA

10 posted 2002-01-06 12:04 PM

Elizabeth - Nice writing. I liked the metaphors you used to draw the comparison. Very good.

Dave

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

11 posted 2002-01-06 01:00 PM

(sigh) Soooooooo beautiful, sweet friend, roses can wither but as long as we supply warmth and faith and love to the pedals, the rose is destined to blossom forever in its afterglow! (kiss on cheek) Soooooooo beautiful, sweet friend, you are a rose to us all! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Kathleen, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

12 posted 2002-01-06 01:07 PM

As always...so beautiful and a keeper!
~hugs, Nancy~

~* A dream is a wish your heart makes... *~

Tracey
Member Elite

since 2001-08-29

Posts 2808
where insanity meets breeding

13 posted 2002-01-06 01:09 PM

This is beautiful Elizabeth, and as soft and tender as a rose...or a heart. Such truth in this poem

If she who dies with the most toys wins, then can I have some toy boys please?

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

14 posted 2002-01-06 04:05 PM

Excellent writing...James

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

15 posted 2002-01-06 04:14 PM

No matter how strong one's convictions are a heart is still a heart, and so very tender. What a wealth of knowledge in this little sonnet my dear Elizabeth. A keeper this is for sure.

~*~ Carpe' Diem ~*~

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

16 posted 2002-01-07 02:15 PM

you've won my heart dear
handle it with loving care
tenderly fragile

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write.

Honeybee
Member Ascendant

since 1999-12-26

Posts 5372
Ontario, CANADA

17 posted 2002-03-11 12:55 PM

Liz, this is so wonderful and it has a catchy beat to it; it flows like honey off the tongue...like a song. I love your message in this, you write of all things beautiful with grace and class.

This is a keeper!

Take care,
Melissa~

"Poetry is not an opinion expressed...
it is a song that rises from a bleeding
wound...or a smiling mouth"

~Kahlil Gibran~

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