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Parker
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0 posted 2000-01-14 05:51 PM

The Rose
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I look inside my memories
to the flowers of my past
I see the emotions spent
for love that did not last

Like flowers wild and tame
Their variety always there
but like the weaken petal
They fell in the gusty air

The Rose was all I ever hoped
So soft and firm and sweet
I did not see the thorn it hid
when I kissed it on the cheek

It pricks me when I come to close
but still I dare to touch
Enchanted am I of its glow
the Rose is just too much.

James (Parker) Haley (Revised)Jan 14, 2000.

Denise

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1 posted 2000-01-14 05:52 PM

Beautiful, James! Beauty does have its thorns, doesn't it!

Denise

And slight is the sting of his trouble
Whose winnings are less than his worth;
For he who is honest is noble,
Whatever his fortunes or birth.~~~Alice Cary, ~Nobility~

Parker
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2 posted 2000-01-14 06:09 PM

Thank you Denise, you comments are always so sweet.

devina
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3 posted 2000-01-14 07:04 PM

Beautiful description of a woman, you do have a way with words James!

Open arms can be the most fragile in the world...

whiskey

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4 posted 2000-01-14 07:54 PM

James, What a wonderful poem so beautiful , beauty definatley has its thorns

Rus Bowden
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5 posted 2000-01-14 08:16 PM

Hi James,

Oh that rose and its thorn! Yet still the kiss on the cheek.

Rus

Parker
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6 posted 2000-01-14 08:44 PM

devina, women are all roses in my eyes.. ouch, ouch, gotta watch where I grab.

Thanks whiskey, I will take the pain for just another breath of her scent.

Thanks Rus, I really loved your poem,
The Rose from the Hearth, its very lovely.

Parker

Michael

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7 posted 2000-01-14 09:09 PM

The pleasure is always worth the pain, me thinks. Lovely poem, Haleyja.

Michael

Parker
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8 posted 2000-01-14 09:30 PM

Thanks Michael, yes pain and pleasure is their a difference. I sometimes think not.

Parker

Marge Tindal

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9 posted 2000-01-14 09:40 PM

Parker-
This is just LOVELY !

Within the beauty
of the rose ...
a thorny stem
worth the close inspection.
Ahhhhh !
Perfection !

~*Marge*~

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

Parker
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10 posted 2000-01-17 12:02 PM

Thanks Marge, I think I'm drawn to thorny roses.

hoot_owl_rn
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11 posted 2000-01-17 11:31 PM

Lovely James...I heard a quote one time that went something like this:
Some people look at a rose and wonder why something so beautiful has thorns, others look and thank God that something like thorns grow flowers as beautiful as roses

Parker
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12 posted 2000-01-18 10:07 AM

Hoot, thank you very much. That quote is so true. Some might say that Love has a hidden danger, like the rose with its thorns, but maybe they are theere just to keep us on our toes.

Parker

Elizabeth Santos
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13 posted 2000-01-18 10:11 AM

I loved your verses, and the thoughts
And I love roses
Liz

simplyYRREHS
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14 posted 2000-01-18 10:57 AM

I just love the irony here. Very well written and so meaningful. Life and Love ~ both are uncertain things. But what I really liked was the part about the "prick"...I think I've had that flower before, too. (hehehe)

Sherry

"Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads." ~Henry David Thoreau

Parker
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15 posted 2000-01-18 12:06 PM

Thanks Liz, your very kind.

Sherry, now I'm not sure how to take your remark about the "prick". How many times have you had that flower before dare I ask.

Dark Angel
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16 posted 2000-10-23 06:34 PM

This is beautiful James, loved the way you compared the Rose to a Woman and I think beauty needs to protect itself, don't you think?

Beautiful James I love it.

Maree

"If my words could blanket the skies
and fill every corner and crevice of
this earth, still this won't be enough"
"Maree Russo"

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