Sweet Stinking Roses

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My lament is for the dead, I wail and chant over sweet stinking roses, pungent, decaying red withering funeral remains, the caustic penetrating scent unpleasant- Yet, I find a beauty in the fading, a bitter, powerful, rotten loveliness. ________________________ October 2, 2016 Poetry/Verse/Sweet Stinking Roses Copyright Protected, ID 16-835-048-0 All Rights Reserved. Written under Pseudonym. Written for the contest, Stink sponsor, Anthony Slausin Second Place

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Anu Nayak

Date: 10/6/2016 11:27:00 AM

deep write! there is pain, there is lament...stink of fading roses explains it all.. hearty congrats on the great win B.W:)// love, Anu:)

Ralph Sergi

Date: 10/5/2016 1:29:00 PM

Hi BW: Beautiful poem of stinking roses and fragrant fading.

Lu Loo

Date: 10/5/2016 8:06:00 AM

Broken Wings- this is perfect. and remember we said we didn't know what to write about? Congratulations on your placement! :)-luloo

Anisha Dutta

Date: 10/3/2016 12:54:00 AM

I feel so sad to see bright roses to droop ith pungent smell. Yet it attracts.Nice piece.

Constance La France

Date: 10/2/2016 4:03:00 PM

I have always associated the smell of red roses to funerals... that sweet pungent smell !