A Wilted Rose-Lei

is love to be a wilted rose
to fade beneath the winter snows

to pierce itself with its own thorn
its beauty hide in death to mourn

i watch it bloom from tiny seeds
a spark of lust from passion bleeds

unfold itself within a kiss
then fade within the dying bliss

December 30, 2019

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019



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Date: 1/16/2020 10:14:00 PM
Beautiful verse, Sandra, congratulations your win. Eve
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Date: 1/17/2020 10:47:00 AM
Thank you so much Eve... hugs and blessings... :)
Date: 1/16/2020 7:23:00 PM
Hi Sandra? This is so deep and well written. WoW! Congratulations on your fine win. It was well deserved. Enjoy your evening:-) Alexis
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Date: 1/17/2020 10:47:00 AM
Thank you so much Alexis... good to see you... hope you have a wonderful day! hugs
Date: 1/16/2020 5:45:00 PM
Zowie! This is one of your Very Best Sandra! I am Faving this amazing winner! Congratulations on your deserving First Placement! xxoo
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Date: 1/16/2020 7:00:00 PM
wow, thank you Connie...i am honored by your kind words and the faving of this poem...hugs and blessings XoXo
Date: 1/16/2020 12:41:00 PM
Poignant, classical 'Lay' -- the tension between current beauty and inevitable fade, making the beauty all the more precious. Congrats, Sandy! Warm wishes, Gershon
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Date: 1/16/2020 6:59:00 PM
Thank you so much Gershon... hugs :)
Date: 1/16/2020 11:58:00 AM
Sandra, your meter, rhyme, and message are perfection. I love "to pierce itself with its own thorn"; such an apt description of the vulnerability we feel in love. Like a rose, beautiful but intimidating. Well done and congrats ~ John
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Date: 1/16/2020 12:08:00 PM
Thank you so much John...i am still learning rhyme and meter, i used to always only write free verse but not sometimes accept challenges to attempt forms... :)
Date: 1/16/2020 7:27:00 AM
Sandra, this is beautiful and it simply just flowed so well. Love this! Congratulations on your win! Hugs Charlie
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Date: 1/16/2020 9:22:00 AM
Thank you so much Charlie not only for feeling this one worthy of a win and your kind comments but for hosting these contests, and challenging me to try new forms, and rhymes :) hugs
Date: 1/16/2020 7:26:00 AM
Sandra,, I have long been a lover of roses of every description and written poems about them. Your poem is exquisitely written, hence, the first place win!! Congrats!
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Date: 1/16/2020 9:23:00 AM
Thank you so much Curtis for your kind words... :)
Date: 1/16/2020 7:26:00 AM
Beautifully penned, Sandy, love always blooms again. Congrats on your win. Hugs, John
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Date: 1/16/2020 9:23:00 AM
Thank you so much John... hugs
Date: 1/16/2020 7:08:00 AM
Congrats Sandy on your first place finish. This poem was beautiful and a little sad but that rose I am sure will bring smiles back when spring arrives.
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Date: 1/16/2020 9:25:00 AM
Thank you so much Chris...i remember when i wrote this one and you were delighted with the rhyme within, from this non-rhyming poet... your words and the win made me smile :) hugs
Date: 1/1/2020 7:29:00 PM
Wonderfully done. Love is born, then dies, and rises again from its own ashes...
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Date: 1/1/2020 8:01:00 PM
Thank you so much.... Happy New Year :) hugs
Date: 1/1/2020 5:15:00 PM
I think this is delectable and delightful, Sandra.
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Date: 1/1/2020 8:00:00 PM
Thank you so much Caren... hugs :)
Date: 1/1/2020 9:11:00 AM
Just beautiful like all of your poems!!
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Date: 1/1/2020 11:38:00 AM
Thank you Krish... Happy New Year... hugs
Date: 12/31/2019 7:59:00 AM
So much beauty, Sandra! A winner for me!
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Date: 12/31/2019 10:45:00 AM
wow thanks Kim...i am touched by your words :) hugs
Date: 12/30/2019 9:06:00 PM
You've laid it on 'very heavy,' as the hippies used to say. Whoa! Charlie's gonna have to hold on tight, for dear life!! :) gw
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Date: 12/30/2019 9:12:00 PM
lol... well i hope that's a good thing...the first line was haunting my muse all day...i finally gave in and a poem was born... hugs
Date: 12/30/2019 8:45:00 PM
I loved it. Short rhyming meaningful.
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Date: 12/30/2019 9:02:00 PM
Thank you so much John.... Happy New Year :)
Date: 12/30/2019 7:56:00 PM
WOW!
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Date: 12/30/2019 8:03:00 PM
Thank you so much Bobby...Happy New Year to you Bro :) hugs
Date: 12/30/2019 6:23:00 PM
Sandra I honestly don't know about these contests, but regardless of a win or a loss; this poem has touched me deeply. I thank you so very much.
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Date: 12/30/2019 6:26:00 PM
Thank you so much Jeff...to touch one person with words makes a poem a winner to me already :) hugs
Date: 12/30/2019 4:41:00 PM
Beautiful and poignant, Sandra.
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Date: 12/30/2019 6:25:00 PM
Thank you so much Line...Happy New Year my friend :) hugs
Date: 12/30/2019 3:50:00 PM
Your poem blossoms beautifully my friend--even in the theme of wilted rose. Lovely flow and rhymes.
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Date: 12/30/2019 3:52:00 PM
Thank you so much Vijay... the wilted rose line got stuck in my head out of know where and then i gave into my muse and the poem was born in minutes... hugs and Happy New Year to you my friend :)
Date: 12/30/2019 3:32:00 PM
Absolutely beautiful and just curious, aren't you the poet who says she doesn't rhyme very well? Hmmm, obviously must have been someone else. :) Wonderfully written Sandy, I loved everything about this. Best wishes in the contest.
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Date: 12/30/2019 3:34:00 PM
i know... what it up with my muse? perhaps your poetry cast some sort of spell on her... Thank you Chris, you made me laugh and smile with your comment... hugs
Date: 12/30/2019 3:25:00 PM
This was a lovely piece. A fav. Best for the contest, but I believe you have already won... Ann
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Date: 12/30/2019 3:27:00 PM
I am truly honored by your kind words and the fave... this came out of nowhere...i am not sure how well it will do...but it was a fun write... to me to touch you the way it did, it's already a winner to me... hugs :) Thanks for the smiles my friend...
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