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Rose

Rose
Petals
Summer’s gems
Romantic blooms
On fortified stems
A thorny treasure chest
Stood in their resplendent best
Summer’s first bloom; a lovers gift
Alas, grasshoppers leap when they're sniffed
So flick them away before she has seen
Pray nothing lands on her - six legs and green
Then be as romantic as you wish
With plans so very noble… ish
For no girl can shun a rose
Its scent so very sweet
Sweeps them off their feet
But then she gasps
“HAY FEVER!”
Her voice
Rasps

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Paula Goldsmith Date: 4/15/2025 12:43:00 PM What a wonderful Etheree write you have here. Maybe you can use it again for another contest. Have a wonderful spring day and a Blessed Easter.......... Login to Reply

Lin Lane Date: 4/14/2025 3:46:00 PM It was a good Etheree, Terry. Are you taking applications for a secretary to remind you of deadlines? I might want to apply. ;-) Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 4/14/2025 5:46:00 PM Big smile! Terry Flood Date: 4/14/2025 5:36:00 PM ;-) improved; counting no chickens but, seemingly, getting there. X Lin Lane Date: 4/14/2025 4:20:00 PM I’ve done more than my share of typing, editing, and writing. I can tell time and read a calendar. Do you need a resume? Lol. Everything going ok? Terry Flood Date: 4/14/2025 3:57:00 PM When I started this poem there was something like 20 entries remaining. Kept trying to get a half decent flow going, shifting lines about etc. Finally decided I’d done my best and found the contest closed. Ho hum! As for the job… do you make good coffee. Plus, i wouldn’t ask staff to do anything I wouldn’t do myself… so you’d need at least five words per minute ;-)