Talking To Roses

i don't suppose

you have ever tenderly

taken twixt two fingers

the bloom of a red 

garden rose to tell 

her how beautiful she is

.

for her to reply

with a random scratch 

from a wayward sharp

thorn that drew

blood

.

"aye she said

you were once too"

.

Reviews

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Hopefully you will not end up dormant like that Princess from German fairy tales. Roses are beautiful and delicate but if someone is not delicate it's can end up with bleeding. There is few bushes who have also thorns . I think this is good metaphor, we should everyone tread kindly with special care. And also forward to animals and whole this planet. I enjoyed cause it was like walking in patch of roses beautiful and meaningful.

[Chris Shaw]

Dear Martin thank you for this lovely review and I am grateful for how this poem made you feel.
read moreDear Martin thank you for this lovely review and I am grateful for how this poem made you feel.

Chris

[Harmony Lee]

I feel almost unworthy to even review this -- not even in a self-deprecating sense, for instead the simple and profound beauty is overwhelmingly humbling to me even and especially in my most empowered and assured state. I love this. Thank you for gracing us with the blessing of crafting and sharing it.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you for your dazzling review of this short piece. I feel humbled by your praise.

Chris

[Harmony Lee]

May you feel as uplifted as you do humbled.

[Ankita Dwivedi]

We are naive and tender like a baby plant . But then we grow roots for we fear the land slipping away. We grow metallic branches to never let anyone give us an opening . After all its survival of the fittest. Fair or not. A wonderful read, mate.

[Lorry]

She sounds Scottish with that Aye Chris, and to be fair, they do get kinda prickly when you pick them up. And trust me, most women I've picked up made me bleed so much 😀
You do know you can leave your garden now Chris 😀

[Chris Shaw]

Sorry about your prickly women leaving you bleeding Lorry. You've got the thistle up there as well haven't you? That's prickly too. Actually the rose is Irish. Called the Dublin rose it is. Nice to look at, not to touch. Hhmmm I've heard that before somewhere.

Chris

[Lorry]

Yes we do. National flower is a weed and our national animal is the MYTHICAL unicorn! Well, it was either that or a pushmepullyou 😀

[John the Baptist]

When you start getting shot down by flowers, it's time to either revise the playbook or enter a monastery.

[Chris Shaw]

Ha ha. Thank you John, I'll bear that in mind. Only roses attack in my garden. Everything else is far more considerate.

Chris

[Robert Trakofler]

that's the general response plants give me... I have a black thumb its not for the lack of admiration mind you i'm just not the best at keeping them happy:/ my backyard growing up was a sea of thorns my dad loved growing them so i have been pricked many times by those "jaggers" as we say here in pittsburgh

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Bunny. Jaggers is a new name for thorns. It doesn't seem to matter whether you have a green thumb or not, they aren't fussy who they attack. They are beautiful though.

Chris

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

A trusted and delicate piece that relishes in the imagery that it reveals to the reader, well done, good rea.d

[Chris Shaw]

Many thanks Thomas. I appreciate your thoughts and your visit.

Chris

[Katrina Mckeown]

I do love roses.. and whilst pruning have caught myself and bled a few times but I don’t mind really the petals do have a beautiful feel to them some silky some velvety.

[Chris Shaw]

I love roses too, but they have to be handled with care. Many thanks Katrina.

Chris

[Jimmy Yetts]

Whether you curse the pain of the thorn or cherish the beauty of the rose indicates the course
of your life.
Word of advice, though: Don't talk too long to those roses--especially, when other people are around.
Work to be admired!

[Chris Shaw]

Lovely review Jimmy and sage advice with it too. Many thank yous.

Chris