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Two Sides To Everything

Anger turns to love
when thorns inhibit the rose—
yet behold the rose
in amongst the ensnared thorns.—
is she not beauty
personified protected.

Placed this poem in free verse.
but is actually a Naga-uta form, of 5/7/5/7 etc etc 
as many as you like.

© Harry J Horsman  2011

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/30/2012 12:15:00 AM

wow, Harry, this one seems familiar to me. Did you repost it later on?? It's so wonderful and I am the first comment here on it way back on page five!! soupmail.

Harry Horsman
Date: 8/30/2012 4:50:00 AM

no not reposted, thanks your the first, i really appreciate.