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Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

0 posted 2001-10-01 09:37 PM

You Waited For Me

heat of summer has simmered away
to a murmur of leaves’ rustling
before the fall sets in to stay
the last rose waited for me

grass hewed deep in colors green
and squirrels are busy, bustling
still, before the fall gives sheen
the last rose waited for me

slow to loosen your petals red
holding back your fragrance deep
a perfect bud, in vase, by bed
the last rose waited for me

in the morn, your petals will bloom
to open full from night’s sleep
perfume will drift through the room
the last rose waited for me

[This message has been edited by Sunshine (edited 10-01-2001).]

sunshinemist
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1 posted 2001-10-01 09:41 PM

Sunshine, Very beautiful!!

I have one that waited for me too.

How did you get that rose in there with your poem? Very beautiful one! Marie

Songbird
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Missouri

2 posted 2001-10-01 09:41 PM

Awesome.. you really out did yourself on this!

Elizabeth

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3 posted 2001-10-01 09:43 PM

This is wonderful....I do like roses, and one that seems to be especially for you is enchanting.

God bless America, my home sweet home.

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Canada eh.

4 posted 2001-10-01 09:50 PM

This is perfect...as is the picture.
Enjoyed. ~Hugs, Nancy~

~Time has cast a spell on you,
So that you won't ever forget me.~

Honeybee
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5 posted 2001-10-01 11:24 PM

And this is why you are

!

This is gorgeous, as is that picture!
My library must have this!~

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~

Sudhir Iyer
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6 posted 2001-10-02 03:38 AM

Karilea,

This really is AWESOME...

Regards,
sudhir

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7 posted 2001-10-02 03:45 AM

Beautiful as the last rose should be! Lovely graphic too by the way

~Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self~ Cyril Connolly

JamesMichael
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8 posted 2001-10-02 07:37 AM

Very very nice...James

Cpat Hair

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9 posted 2001-10-02 10:43 AM

very nicely done.... good imagery and metaphor...

Martie

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10 posted 2001-10-02 10:48 AM

Karilea--there are many roses left for you, Sunshine, for you help to make them grow.

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Deep in the heart

11 posted 2001-10-02 11:29 AM

You mean there are no more roses? You got the last one? Well writ.

Auguste

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By the sea

12 posted 2001-10-02 12:03 PM

Karilea,

The year before last one last red rose also waited for me. I brought it in before the first frost destroyed it and placed it in a vase on my writing desk. Sure enough, upon rising the next morning there it was in full bloom with the lovely fragrance greeting me. Loved this one a lot.

Thank you.

Michael

Michael Auguste~
There is more depth to the heart than the mind can comprehend and it only has boundaries when we choose to fence it in.

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13 posted 2001-10-02 12:13 PM

very nice..I still have a few budding in the garden..but it won't be long and my last will have appeared.

thank you for a beautiful poem.

~Wynter

"The worst prison would be a closed heart".
...Pope John Paul II

Irish Rose
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14 posted 2001-10-02 12:45 PM

delightful, just delightful.

Kathleen
nickname "Kay"

"Others can stop you temporarily, but only you can do it permanently."

Gentle Spirit
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15 posted 2001-10-02 12:51 PM

Absolutely beautiful Karilea. Well done!

On the wings of words our spirits fly....and our souls are free.
~Me~

(I could have missed the pain, but I'd have had to miss the dance~Garth)

walker
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16 posted 2001-10-02 07:49 PM

Sunshine this has deep meaning to me, yesterday Catholics celebrated St Therese, the little flower. Prayers are answered in forms of roses, flowers. Thanks for this one.

Rex Allen McCoy
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Sippin a Timmy's in London

17 posted 2001-10-02 08:39 PM

There's no self respecting Rose that wouldn't wait for you Karilea

I really like this poem

Nan

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18 posted 2001-10-03 08:23 AM

Very nice, my friend... I love seeing all the leaves painting themselves so beautifully - and finding an occasional determined remnant of summer hanging in for the frost - Lovely...

Logan
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19 posted 2001-10-03 10:27 AM

Ahh, Sissie, some things go beyond their span to continue to bring beauty..very lovely write..very gentle smile

The Lady of Shallot
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20 posted 2001-10-03 08:15 PM

this is entirely lovely!

SmartChick
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21 posted 2001-10-03 08:52 PM

Wow! This is very good. I like it.

rwood
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22 posted 2001-10-04 08:19 PM

I'm glad I went back for this! Your words always bring me serenity and hope that something can always be so patient!

Hugs!

Sincerely,
Regina

LngJhnAg
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23 posted 2001-10-05 09:05 AM

The roses waited for you, Sunshine,
But, alas for me, it's dandelions.
They waited for me in my flower bed,
Lurking there with lowly head.

Karilea - your poem is beautiful.

Apachecat906
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24 posted 2001-10-05 10:09 AM

I agree with Honeybee
This belongs in my library
Saved so I may always see
This lovely poem, so heavenly

And the picture is worth saving too, maybe to paint someday when I get back into it.
Good job

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

25 posted 2001-10-08 02:14 PM

Thank you Everyone! This is swiftly becoming one of my favorites....

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

26 posted 2001-10-21 07:28 AM

...as as of yesterday, I truly did pick the last rose of summer. It is probably the prettiest peace rose of the picks all year long. Thank you all again for gracing this poem with so many replies...

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