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Winter Rose

Beneath my mantle of pure white snow
	        I lay, a perfect rose
      My cloak of snow protects my beauty, 
        	My life and my essence 
	      As winter rages above me, 
    I am safe and warm, from my cloak of snow
	         I am preserved
         I will emerge into the sunlight
           Through the melting snow
    I will emerge into the warm moist dew
      The warm sunlight dries my petals
              My petals are perfect
	        My color is brilliant
          My stem is taught and straight
          My essence long and lingering
              I am a beauty of nature
    I am a symbol of love, beauty and caring
	       I am the Winter Rose

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Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 1/1/2012 12:55:00 PM

A lovely winter rose Lucinda. HAPPY 2012 !! - love from Anne-Lise

Mohammad Yamin

Date: 5/22/2011 10:27:00 AM

Congrats Lucinda, on your superb poem featuring this week. I love it. -Mohammad

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 5/20/2011 12:13:00 AM

wow! Lucinda... CONGRATULATIONS:-) !! on your wonderful featured poem of this this week. Take care and God bless,.. Linda

Dr.Ram Mehta

Date: 5/16/2011 6:14:00 PM

Congratulations on your poem being featured this week, Lucinda

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 5/16/2011 1:31:00 PM

Congratulations on your featured write this week Lucinda. Love, Carol

Samantha Drummond

Date: 4/8/2011 4:52:00 PM

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Lucinda Schaffner
Date: 11/23/2014 6:07:00 PM

Thank you for your kind words and the invitation to www.poeticvoice.ning.com. I will be visiting you there. I have been ill, with cancer and the treatments that follow. It is for this reason that I did not reply sooner. I look forward to learning from you!!

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 4/1/2011 4:01:00 AM

I would like to welcome you to PoetrySoup Lucinda. Please keep writing and sharing your poetry. Enter and enjoy some of the contests and I wish you the best in them. Love, Carol

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

Date: 3/31/2011 6:41:00 PM

Welcome to Poetry Soup.. so enjoyed reading your poetry tonight with it's lovely creative theme... hope your time on P.S. will be fun and filled with sharing with luv.. our contests are free to enter so please check them out and good luck with luv..

Constance La France

Date: 3/31/2011 3:50:00 PM

Welcome to the soup. Your poem is just stunning, you have a gift for words. I have a contest going, called the Sundress, I bet you could write me a beautiful poem, why not check it out, just click the contest tab at the top of this page, then find my contest, click on the contest name for the details, only 5 spots left~~