He gave bouquets
of rosy vows,
love she thought
found in the petals.
Lies thorns
festered in her chest,
pain flowering
hate's weeds.
Author notes
23 words
Prompt:
Heartbroken Betrayal
A contest entry
- Lazy Saturday PIF by ShadowsMidnightRose.
600 points, ended June 2, 2008, 8 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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congrats on the HM(still think u need a gold or at least a sliver for this) but congrats
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My Dearest Brother,
Ok, I think you must have been reading my mind and heart when you wrote this one. You did a fantastic job on this one!! I love it!!
Best of luck in this contest!
and love
Nyetta
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Very brilliant description of betrayal. Intense pain depicted very well. Great job! Good luck in the contest.
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So very tender i love how you used flowers and heart ache.. i truly admire this piece for its imagery and emotions i personally think you deserve the gold
i am in the finals with you
but u truely deserve the gold and if you dont
you win gold in my book
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Very beautiful! My friend and I agree that this is the best in the contest at the moment.
Welcome to the finals!
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