Donna Jones Poet Free verse

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

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Bradley Musgrave May 29, 2013 at 7:38 PM Very nice, you can easily see/feel the scene.

Connie Gildersleeve April 23, 2013 at 12:33 PM I loved how you ended this poem. A wonderful sweet image of a precious moment. Nicely done Donna. Warm Smiles, Connie Donna Jones April 23, 2013 at 8:34 PM Appreciate it Connie

Abdulhafeez Oyewole April 12, 2013 at 11:29 AM great write... Excellent! ~A.O Donna Jones April 12, 2013 at 9:12 PM So appreciated AO...

Andrea Dietrich April 4, 2013 at 8:43 PM Pretty and precious!!! A sweet write! Donna Jones April 4, 2013 at 9:28 PM Thanks Andrea....:-)

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

Jeremy Martin April 3, 2013 at 9:23 AM Happy, fragrant and color-rich poem, Donna. Nicely done, favoriting. Donna Jones April 3, 2013 at 12:16 PM Thanks Jeremy...what an honor....Donna

Jack Ellison April 1, 2013 at 8:42 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 Donna Jones April 1, 2013 at 9:28 PM Thanks Jack...maybe I should have been a pre-school teacher...instead of bean counter haha...

Richard Lamoureux April 1, 2013 at 5:03 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. Donna Jones April 1, 2013 at 5:27 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 April 1, 2013 at 4:09 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!! Donna Jones April 1, 2013 at 5:29 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...