The Rose - Poet's Dozen
The Rose - Poet's Dozen
rose awaits the call
to awake with coming spring
promise for rebirth
The seasons of all things hold much in store,
for life brings death which brings new life once more.
The rose relies on wisdom of its root
to make it bloom when winter sets it free.
And then in Spring, begins once more its fragile ride
through life; with sun and rain and wind it must contend.
And day by day its velvet petals open, spread out wide
upon its leafy stem; all stages lead to fullness in the end.
The tireless earth once more gives life; its promise does attend.
Sandra M. Haight
~2nd Place~
Contest: A Poet's Dozen
Sponsor: Silent One
Judged: 11/06/2015
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One modern Haiku: 3 lines: Syllables 5,7,5
A couplet: 2 lines
Free verse: 2 lines
English Quintain: 5 lines: Rhyming scheme ababb
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