A single bud unfurled, uncurled and new.
She waits for dawn and darkness gone to speak,
to burgeon forth in glorious youth on cue,
awaken, stretch and fragrance fresh to peak.
Oh lovely bloom of velvet pool so deep-
the sun bestow below the endless sky,
on breathless bud, thy rosy blush to keep,
enduring glow of echoes purest sigh.
Resplendent beauty ever watch with care,
for tainted touch is poison such for thee.
To pluck and smell thy crimson swell so fair,
assured to snuff thy life in toxic fee.
Seduction great- the glint of fairest gem:
Love thou a rose, but leave it on its stem.
Author notes
Pic credit:
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Prompt: "Love thou rose but leave it on it's stem" --Robert Bulwer Lytton
~Traditional English Sonnet~
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A contest entry
- Rose Sonnet by piccola.
900 points, ended February 11, 2009, 10 entries
Bronze trophy winner
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600 points, ended March 3, 2009, 14 entries
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Any comments welcome
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I love how you employed the Lytton line in the final couplet. A well done sonnet to the rose.
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Thank you
K
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I loved this poem when I read it earlier. I love it even more as I read it again and again.. You deserve to be in the next round, I would give it gold for its sheer beauty...
Love and Light AngelofLight xx -
Thank you for your entry
Lovely imagery and good word usage. Beauty and love seem to go hand in and. I appreciate that you chose to use stanzas. I feel it opens up the form better.
The form was done well. The syllable count was pretty accurate only going over one syllable in the third line. The rhyme scheme was well developed and had a nice flow.
I encouage you to keep writing to read and comment.
You have been chosen to proceed to the next round. Once the next round contest is up you will receive a link to that contest.
God Bless
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Thank you so much!! Sonnets are a new form for me, thank you for the advice and I look forward to the next round.
KW~
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I love the way a sonnet resounds, it is full of beauty and chivalary. A love poem for a rose is a beautiful thing.. And the words and the flow were just perfection.. Lovely write..
Love and Light AngelofLight.xxx
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