Wendy Watson Poet Rhyme

An Unconventional Valentine

Let me contrast you with a rose in bloom
Whose unfurled buds exude a sweet perfume.
Eternal token of romantic zeal
On lease from heaven with a loving seal.

You, in comparison, with beard untrimmed,
Complexion florid and your vision dimmed,
Have no external beauty to extol;
Possession of long life must take its toll.

Not always temperate your moods break through
And like a rose you can be prickly too.
But though a shade of what you used to be,
You're worth your weight in gold to me!


16.08.19


'A summer's day re-do poetry contest sponsored by Michelle Faulkner

 (obligatory words used : temperate, buds, lease, possession, heaven, complexion, eternal, gold, untrimmed, shade)

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Connie Marcum Wong August 30, 2019 at 6:30 PM "Not always temperate your moods break through And like a rose you can be prickly too." I love the way these lines personalize your vision of accepting the bad with the good. Congratulations Wendy! : ) xxoo

Michelle Faulkner August 29, 2019 at 3:23 PM This is a great use of the required words, Wendy, thanks for entering my contest!

Heidi Sands August 16, 2019 at 1:52 PM Excellent! Well done :)

Jan Allison August 16, 2019 at 1:09 PM you have woven the words in BRILLIANTLY I am sure Shakesepare would have been pleased to write such a beautiful rhyme as this:-) Good luck in the contest, this will do very well I am sure:-) hugs Jan xx Wendy Watson August 20, 2019 at 4:36 PM What a lovely comment, Jan. I’m not sure how well such a missive would be received though!