Sandra Adams Poet Lay

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

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Eve Roper January 16, 2020 at 10:14 PM Beautiful verse, Sandra, congratulations your win. Eve Sandra Adams January 17, 2020 at 10:47 AM Thank you so much Eve... hugs and blessings... :)

Alexis Y. January 16, 2020 at 7:23 PM Hi Sandra? This is so deep and well written. WoW! Congratulations on your fine win. It was well deserved. Enjoy your evening:-) Alexis Sandra Adams January 17, 2020 at 10:47 AM Thank you so much Alexis... good to see you... hope you have a wonderful day! hugs

Connie Marcum Wong January 16, 2020 at 5:45 PM Zowie! This is one of your Very Best Sandra! I am Faving this amazing winner! Congratulations on your deserving First Placement! xxoo Sandra Adams January 16, 2020 at 7:00 PM wow, thank you Connie...i am honored by your kind words and the faving of this poem...hugs and blessings XoXo

Gershon Wolf January 16, 2020 at 12:41 PM Poignant, classical 'Lay' -- the tension between current beauty and inevitable fade, making the beauty all the more precious. Congrats, Sandy! Warm wishes, Gershon Sandra Adams January 16, 2020 at 6:59 PM Thank you so much Gershon... hugs :)

John Watt January 16, 2020 at 11:58 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 Sandra Adams January 16, 2020 at 12:08 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... :)

Charles Messina January 16, 2020 at 7:27 AM Sandra, this is beautiful and it simply just flowed so well. Love this! Congratulations on your win! Hugs Charlie Sandra Adams January 16, 2020 at 9:22 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

Curtis Moorman January 16, 2020 at 7:26 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! Sandra Adams January 16, 2020 at 9:23 AM Thank you so much Curtis for your kind words... :)

John Gondolf January 16, 2020 at 7:26 AM Beautifully penned, Sandy, love always blooms again. Congrats on your win. Hugs, John Sandra Adams January 16, 2020 at 9:23 AM Thank you so much John... hugs

Chris Green January 16, 2020 at 7:08 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. Sandra Adams January 16, 2020 at 9:25 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

Running Wolves January 1, 2020 at 7:29 PM Wonderfully done. Love is born, then dies, and rises again from its own ashes... Sandra Adams January 1, 2020 at 8:01 PM Thank you so much.... Happy New Year :) hugs

Caren Krutsinger January 1, 2020 at 5:15 PM I think this is delectable and delightful, Sandra. Sandra Adams January 1, 2020 at 8:00 PM Thank you so much Caren... hugs :)

Krish Radhakrishna January 1, 2020 at 9:11 AM Just beautiful like all of your poems!! Sandra Adams January 1, 2020 at 11:38 AM Thank you Krish... Happy New Year... hugs

Kim Rodrigues December 31, 2019 at 7:59 AM So much beauty, Sandra! A winner for me! Sandra Adams December 31, 2019 at 10:45 AM wow thanks Kim...i am touched by your words :) hugs

Gershon Wolf December 30, 2019 at 9:06 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 Sandra Adams December 30, 2019 at 9:12 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

John Loving Iii December 30, 2019 at 8:45 PM I loved it. Short rhyming meaningful. Sandra Adams December 30, 2019 at 9:02 PM Thank you so much John.... Happy New Year :)

Bobby May December 30, 2019 at 7:56 PM WOW! Sandra Adams December 30, 2019 at 8:03 PM Thank you so much Bobby...Happy New Year to you Bro :) hugs

Jeff Connelly December 30, 2019 at 6:23 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. Sandra Adams December 30, 2019 at 6:26 PM Thank you so much Jeff...to touch one person with words makes a poem a winner to me already :) hugs

Line Gauthier December 30, 2019 at 4:41 PM Beautiful and poignant, Sandra. Sandra Adams December 30, 2019 at 6:25 PM Thank you so much Line...Happy New Year my friend :) hugs

Vijay Pandit December 30, 2019 at 3:50 PM Your poem blossoms beautifully my friend--even in the theme of wilted rose. Lovely flow and rhymes. Sandra Adams December 30, 2019 at 3:52 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 :)

Chris Green December 30, 2019 at 3:32 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. Sandra Adams December 30, 2019 at 3:34 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

Ann Foster December 30, 2019 at 3:25 PM This was a lovely piece. A fav. Best for the contest, but I believe you have already won... Ann Sandra Adams December 30, 2019 at 3:27 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...