Real Roses

By D Marie

Wed, 09 Oct 2013
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Better to be rambling wild,

Scouted by insects and laced with webs,

Than to be prized

Snipped,

Lonesome beauties garnishing glass,

More pagan than ornate

30 barbed studs for every rose; their feral queens.

With a merciless jab,

They make fools out of tactless hands.

 

Certificate PG
Poem
Nature

Comments

Submitted by Ray Schaufeld on

I like 'scouted by insects and laced by webs'. The scent of rosa rugosa - the wild red and white roses that are sometimes planted by the council,  is lovely too.       Elsie

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

I like this one too - the first stanza in particular

 

Submitted by D Marie on

Thankyou :)