Sweet Fragrance

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Photograph taken in 2012, for a calendar of flowers. It was featured in May.

my soft fragile rose sunshine glowing from your heart I long to be near though your sharp thorns inflict pain your sweet fragrance I will gain

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/31/2016 8:29:00 PM

the pleasure and the pain when they have thorns, but you made it beautiful with your words.

Lin Lane
Date: 1/31/2016 8:49:00 PM

That's a very nice compliment, Andrea. Thank you.

Daniel Turner

Date: 1/30/2016 9:25:00 PM

Very beautiful, Lin. Not all roses have thorns as this one certainly doesn't. No blood here.

Lin Lane
Date: 1/31/2016 1:40:00 AM

I'm glad your finger wasn't pricked, Daniel. Thanks for reading this one.

Kelli White

Date: 1/30/2016 6:38:00 PM

Beautiful alluring and challenging. With all pleasure there is pain Lovely Lin

Lin Lane
Date: 1/30/2016 7:16:00 PM

Thank you so very much, Kelli.

Keith Bickerstaffe

Date: 1/30/2016 4:36:00 PM

A splendidly constructed TANKA in accurate meter with richly flowing lines that make perfect sense! (sometimes TANKAs can be clumsy, but not this.) Well done indeed!! Best wishes, Keith

Keith Bickerstaffe
Date: 1/30/2016 4:45:00 PM

...then it is my pleasure! Keith

Lin Lane
Date: 1/30/2016 4:40:00 PM

Thank you very much, kind sir. ;) Your comments always make me happy.

White Sage

Date: 1/30/2016 3:34:00 PM

yeah,no pain, no gain...well penned tanka there Lin...

Lin Lane
Date: 1/30/2016 4:09:00 PM

Thanks a lot, Sage. This rose was very sweet-smelling.