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Oh my sweet Lilly stately and true graceful and long soft and delicate so angelic white and pure everlasting like love should when in bloom brightening a spring with tenderness an aroma like a sweet perfume touching my heart leaving a song of memories you are beautiful the color in life you are my Lilly I love you Edward J. Ebbs - November 7, 2015 Written for a Contest, Favorite Flower

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Paul Callus

Date: 1/1/2016 5:01:00 AM

Lovely and metaphorically romantic! Love the beauty transmitted through simplicity and clarity of words. #7 ~ paul

Edward Ebbs
Date: 1/1/2016 3:43:00 PM

Thank you Paul :)

Hannington Mumo

Date: 11/26/2015 5:59:00 AM

A well-spiced poem with breathtakingly scintillating parallelisms...7

Edward Ebbs
Date: 11/26/2015 9:26:00 AM

Thank You Hannington for you words and visited your page...you write with emotion, I like that :)

Jerry T Curtis

Date: 11/20/2015 5:09:00 PM

I Like This Ed

Edward Ebbs
Date: 11/26/2015 9:21:00 AM

Thanks Jerry :)

Edward Ebbs

Date: 11/19/2015 9:33:00 PM

Thank you everyone below for your kind comments, they make me smile :)

Nette Onclaud

Date: 11/19/2015 10:20:00 AM

i do relish this write; so engaging, ed.. the form is something i enjoy.. thanks for including me on your contest list!..huggs

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 11/19/2015 9:59:00 AM

I am very attentive to flowers since I have a roof garden when I grow different flowers and post their pictures every day at FB. I love lilies. The way you describe them, dear Edwards, you make them bloom a second time!

Edward Ebbs
Date: 11/19/2015 9:32:00 PM

I have seen your roof top garden on Facebook, your flowers are beautiful...

Constance La France

Date: 11/19/2015 7:47:00 AM

Edward, this is truly beautiful, I just love this form, Anacreontic Verse, it should be added to the forms here, anyways a big 7 from me and I also want to thank you so much for my wonderful placement in your Anacreontic Contests, I am so honored ~

Sara Kendrick
Date: 11/19/2015 7:51:00 AM

Congrats on your winning work in the flower contest..Sara

Sara Kendrick

Date: 11/19/2015 6:34:00 AM

Ahh!!! Those Calla Lilies are wonderful beauty but I am sure that this is just a metaphor for something else or someone else..I enjoyed reading your work..Thanks for the visit to my page to congratulate me ..I appreciate the honor of placing in your contest..Sara

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/18/2015 8:18:00 PM

Hey, is this another example of that type of verse you had us write for your contest. It's really sweet and I am glad to now see your winning flower poem. WEll, I see it won here. Congrats to you and I'm glad you liked my poem in your contest.