Dainty little rose,
How your thorns do protect you.
I grab, Then I bleed.
Is this why you're red?
By thousands of drops of blood?
What a mystery.
Thorns have no beauty
Yet they guard you day and night
Never wanting praise
Like guards to their queen,
Never sleeping, never lax,
Surely you are safe.
Dainty little rose
I will not pluck you today.
Loyal little thorns.
Author notes
a series of Haiku about the loyal thorns that protect the beautiful rose. Like a royal guard protects it's queen
A contest entry
- Looking for Favorites by just-an-amateur.
600 points, ended February 10, 2008, 21 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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Oh this is awesome! I loved the analogy here
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This is an joy to read as I didn't realize until the Author's Notes that these were a series of Haikus. I love Haikus!
But the rules for this contest were for a 25 word poem and this is a great deal more than 25 so I'm going to have to leave you out of consideration for a trophy.
Thanks for entering though!
~M~
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doh, i thought it was 25 lines.... thats wat most are. oh well, I dont enter contests to win, i enter contests to get reads
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Hood Wink Bandits
Like guards to their queen,
Never sleeping, never lax,
Surely you are safe.
Dainty little rose
I will not pluck you today.
Loyal little thorns.
Interesting verse
Well said
Rick
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so expressive, i really like it... i feel like i should be reading it out of a really old book or something (as weird as that sounds) its a great read, very visual
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Is this why you're red?
By thousands of drops of blood?
What a mystery.
I like the end of that it made me laugh for some odd reason
very imaginative great write
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