Only a pink rose of palest hue
Sparkling with the early morning dew
Given in loves first tender glow
When glances were shy and voices low~
Hidden away half a century
Where no one ventured to touch or see
All but forgotten as time passed by
Bringing now a tear and sigh~
Now, by chance to find it so
At the fading of love's afterglow
Crumbling away on a tear stained page
Now torn and scarred, yellowed with age~
Love ever sweet as the rose was then
A rose that only in the heart may bloom again
Found, now close at the end of day
When the clouds were low and the skies are grey~
Now just to gaze on the rose once more
Bringing memories to my heart's door
Dispelling the gloom from the cold lonely room
It once fills the air again
With such sweet perfume~
Author notes
Written August 8th, 2003
In a list
A contest entry
- A Beautiful Flower by Lorien.
300 points, ended August 14, 2006, 12 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
What did you think
Comments
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This is beautiful, you have captured the beauty so easily for our eyes to devour, nicely done. best to you in the contest
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Sorry about the confusion. As I said before this is a lovely write. Thanks for reentering it. I appreciate it..
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This is simply lovely! This piece has such wonderful guided imagery and flows very nicely. Best of luck to you in life and in this contest.
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This is such a beautiful write. The flow was wonderful and the imagry as well <3
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I still love this poem, Sis, and the pic' is beautiful!
Love Ya!
♥ Maureen
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Beautiful work congrats on the silver....
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Congratulations on the Silver Cup!!!
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing!!
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It has wonderful imagery and I am partial to it because of course it is about roses. People always tell me that roses are sooo cliche but I beg to differ they are one of the most beautful flowers ever and carry the worlds most inspiration. Very beautiful piece and the rhyme and structure flow nicley. A good read =)
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This really unfolds just as a rose would. It begins as just a description of something lovely and folds into story and emotion. Wonderful layering!
Kelly
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lovely
i agree, past and present tense, as are and was, but again lovely piece to enter for this contest, good luck...
MS
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This is so very beautiful! The words along with the picture and background are a wonderful combination. Good luck...
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Memories---so clear, so real,
expressed so poignantly...
A wonderful piece!
M-C
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You are a wonderfully complex soul of beautiful contradictions, my poet friend. You poetry reflects this in bold and subtle ways, including this one. The last stanza is especially poignant. Reading this poem is like a hesitantly passionate embrace and a soft kiss with the sweet scent of a rose's tantalizing aroma.
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Beautiful and nostalgic!
Very nicely written poem..the rose a symbol of love that once bloomed but then died...the memory of it rekindled by the rose pressed between yellowed pages.
Love ya, Sis!
♥ Maureen
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Oooooooooooh!!!
Beautiful scent of this Beautiful flower You have penned and I can't believe I missed this one
Gasp!!
Love this and the images You have brought forth
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet
Now I want to go outside and garden
Best wishes to You in the contest
Many blessings too
and much love~ Desire~*~
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Just as nice the second time
I've read this one before. It's still warm, tender and delightful. It's a nice metaphor for longing. It think this one came from your heart. -
beautiful
What a beautiful poem you have written. Your words grab my heart and bring many memories back to me also. I save roses too, and I have so many from all different occassions.
Congratulations on the Silver trophy Sis.
Love you,
Jeannette 
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Oh yes... a masterpiece poem!
A real beauty, Susan! Yes, I would love to post this on the Planet! Lovely images and beautiful emotions! 
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This is so beautiful
The first stanza is a perfect description and the way you elaborated on it was so beautiful, and so pure
The word choice was perfect
It was so delicate and smooth
Only a pink rose of palest hue
Sparkling with the early morning dew
That is so simple, but so beautiful and so skillfully crafted!
Well done on silver previously and this is a winnner on the other one!
All my love
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Breathtaking
This is absolutely stunning sis. A great job. Good luck in the contest. And congrats on the silver.
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Excellent
That was amazing Susan!!
I love it!
Excellent choice of words and rhyme. The images you put in mind my mind and the scent of flowers. This poem is excellent.
Keep on writing and good luck in the contest.
Nooni
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Dear Blushfulmoon,
Soft and sweet are your memories, delicate treasures you share with your audience. This is truly a delightful piece.
I'm so glad to have found it!
Good Luck to you in the contest!
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this is baeutiful
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Ah, Susan, this is almost makes me cry. It's a very tender poem and there is just something about an exquisite rose, no matter what color. However, the soft pink feels so new, like first love, whose memories tend to stay fresh for a lifetime! After my aunt passed, I found some very old pressed flowers in a book she had kept. I could see her doing this, almost hear her voice lilt. Congratulations on the silver trophy.
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excellent presentation
Wow........this is so beautiful. It just about made me cry. Such tender thoughts and memories. You have done a great job with this one Susan. Best of luck in the contest!
Ethereal Melody 
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Stu my lil brother
You beautiful comment and your last line in this has me in tears
I shall miss you deeply I am so glad we connected and you found your way into my heart and my life
I wish you well in all your endeavors know that you are so special to me and you will be in my heart and memory forever
I love you little brother
Hugs
Your sis
Susan~~~
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Thank you Earthstar for the beautiful comment and dropping by
Love ya
Susan~~~
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Ah, beautiful as ever Susan. Reminds me a little of a poem I once posted here long ago, called When A Rose Cries ... I do so miss the old days of Ap when you were on often and we had our little chats. Alas, they cannot be regained, for the clock cannot be rewound; well, we shall -I hope- continue our chats and see out the new days via email and myspace.com I have just posted a short 4-5 poem collection on there tonight, longer versions available by emailing me with a request.
"Crumbling away on a tear stained page" ... this lent me the imagery of a rose immortalized, by being pressed into the pages of a diary. Such a beautiful line.
Like love's memory, a rose can live on in the heart; did you know that the essential oil of a rose is said to have a healing affect on the heart? Apparently that's why it costs a lot more than the others, because of its power and potency. The rose is one of the most significant and lasting emblems of love too.
How absolutely wonderful that you should be the final person to ask me to read something. In a couple minutes I am clicking the little red box in the corner of my screen for the final time. I thought I'd be leaving on a bad, explosive note, yet fate smiled kindly and brought me to your lovely words What a way to go; almost in a sense like returning to where it all started for me, when we met last year when I was new to the site. We've shared a lot of adventures since then haven't we, my dear friend.
Don't be a stranger, ok. I'll be in touch via email anyhow. You stay well, and keep doing what you love in life; your poetry is your gift to us all
Much love,
Stu
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Wonderful
wow this is great i love roses this poem is such a delight you have a way with words i just poor my sweat and love into my rose this could not be so perfect this is wonderful great job my love take care b -
Beautiful and well done. You express love and longing well with the metaphor of a rose.
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Your poem, this rose..BEAUTIFUL!
zzz
♥ Maureen
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this is such a beautiful poem, Susan. you have such a sense of beauty and the beauty of words. this poem is by every word a rose petal and every sense of the reader has been evoked. you haven't described the rose, you BROUGHT us the rose in your beautiful words! excellent poem and I wish you the very best in the contest!!!
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Oh now this is simply lovely. So beautifully penned. The picture is most elegant. One can not say enough about this piece and all that the beauty it holds. A picture perfect masterpiece as always!
Blessings
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Your poems soothe me Susan. I can be in a charcoal place, read one of your writs; the room fills with warmth. I was actually cold, put on my terrycloth robe even. There's snow here; "clouds were low and the skies are grey~".
The last stanza has a sweet aroma, only the rose has this scent.
Beautiful my sister.
Thank you, I needed a flower, and a pink rose...
Lovely!
Much Love ♥
Renee
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this is so lovely. it gives me one of those soft fuzzy feelings! beutiful
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This is lovely~~~bea
utiful picture also. I love roses. YOu did an excellent job on this. Great flow. Great topic. Thanks for sharing. Melody -
A lovely way to remember love, congratulations on this win. -Darmok
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Five star ***** Triple A*** plus
I love this poem 
Blushfulmoon
Congratulations on your silver trophy.
Godspeed and best wishes 24/7
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You have such an amazing way of writing. The beauty of your words just flow out and across.. Make me sigh every time.
Such a sweet sadness to this write. Memories we want when we press a flower in a book...only to be one of angst later on.
But the memories.. they are always sweet..just as that rose was.
Excellent write..
Good luck in the competition.
Mary ann -
Susan
What a beautiful yet sad poem Hun this story was so visual and teary
How pretty this was {I love your picture but I love them all right LOL}
You did awesome Susan good luck girl
~~Dawn
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My My Missy Moon!! I bow" ...Just breathtaking!
not much more i can say" Think this poem speaks for it's self
and the talent behind it...You have stolen my heart once again
with this "Gorgeous" piece of yours!
Thanks so much for entering my contest! ~
Love ~Mina
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Loved this, Sis! Beautifully written! Good Luck!
< 3 Maureen
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i like the flowers and ur poem....i problem is they are tough competitors
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Just so YUMMY!!!! a sheer joy to read..on a hot summer's day.. wonderful stuff Sis.. loved it..
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Susan
Oh, my, this is stunningly beautiful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, Perfectly rhymed, and written in sweet~Susan style
That is a perfect picture of a pink rose
, if I had known you were gonna enter this, I don't think I would have bothered 
Love you,
Karen
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This is gorgeous!!!
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