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The Flower Girl

The flower girl carefully placed the yellow rose petals

Covering the floor before her each step down the aisle

Now satisfied and smiling, she looked like an angel

There standing awaiting the bride

The yellow rose carpet was perfect and perfumed

She had performed her job with great pride

The bridal march rang, her little heart raced

Now here she was coming her way

Each step was placed onto petals she'd lain

The long beautiful train laying there on the floor

Carried the lovely yellow petals away

Capturing them as though they were keeping them all

For just this one special stroll, to adore

The flower girl smiled and dreamed a dream

They would re-appear on her wedding day

©Donna Jones

Copyright © Donna Jones | Year Posted 2013

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Bradley Musgrave Date: 5/29/2013 7:38:00 PM Very nice, you can easily see/feel the scene. Login to Reply

Connie Gildersleeve Date: 4/23/2013 12:33:00 PM I loved how you ended this poem. A wonderful sweet image of a precious moment. Nicely done Donna. Warm Smiles, Connie Login to Reply Donna Jones Date: 4/23/2013 8:34:00 PM Appreciate it Connie

Abdulhafeez Oyewole Date: 4/12/2013 11:29:00 AM great write... Excellent! ~A.O Login to Reply Donna Jones Date: 4/12/2013 9:12:00 PM So appreciated AO...

Andrea Dietrich Date: 4/4/2013 8:43:00 PM Pretty and precious!!! A sweet write! Login to Reply Donna Jones Date: 4/4/2013 9:28:00 PM Thanks Andrea....:-)

Heather Ober Date: 4/4/2013 12:28:00 PM Absolutely gorgeous! The imagery is stunning, and your portrayal of that little flower girl is so authentic. Login to Reply Donna Jones Date: 4/4/2013 2:58:00 PM Thanks Heather..have been re-working this one a bit today...I think I'm finally finished...glad you liked it...

Jeremy Martin Date: 4/3/2013 9:23:00 AM Happy, fragrant and color-rich poem, Donna. Nicely done, favoriting. Login to Reply Donna Jones Date: 4/3/2013 12:16:00 PM Thanks Jeremy...what an honor....Donna

Jack Ellison Date: 4/1/2013 8:42:00 PM This is so so sweet my dear Donna! I felt I was there watching this charming little flower girl spreading her yellow roses! Your writing always has a magical quality, dear friend... beautifully composed! Love Jack Login to Reply Donna Jones Date: 4/1/2013 9:28:00 PM Thanks Jack...maybe I should have been a pre-school teacher...instead of bean counter haha...

Richard Lamoureux Date: 4/1/2013 5:03:00 PM This is a wonderful portrait you have painted with the yellow petals. I hope you enter it into the contest, I think it would do very well. Login to Reply Donna Jones Date: 4/1/2013 5:27:00 PM Thanks Richard...I wrote it with the contest in mind but then discovered no free verse allowed! So I changed the title and it's now just a poem.....glad you liked it.

Russell Sivey Date: 4/1/2013 4:09:00 PM This is such a sweet write, I wonder if a flower girls actually think things like this? Were you a flower girl Donna? If so, did you dream as this girl in your poem did? I can picture this little dreamer thinking of her own wedding someday! You have written a magnificent and wondrous poem this evening! What a delightful piece, Great Work!! Login to Reply Donna Jones Date: 4/1/2013 5:29:00 PM Thank you Russell...I have never been one but have heard a little girl say something like this at a wedding...she would be the one getting to walk on the flowers...