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blooming rose

Posted June 26th, 2008 by Tempestan

a
blooming
rose

on
still
water

surrounds

your
hand

you
cannot
feel
it

your
hand

opens
ripples
circling

like the
petals
of this

blooming
rose

Beautiful simplicity

On June 26th, 2008 raskin says:

this reads as though being led down a path, gorgeous. raskin

Thank you for your

On June 26th, 2008 Tempestan says:

Thank you for your appreciation, this started out very wordy and I whittled it down to what it is today :) It's one of my favorites.

Tempestan

Great Write

On June 26th, 2008 Scareysquirel says:

I agree with raskin here. The words and meter in this piece draw you in and lead you very nicely down a gentle path.

DEbs

Thank you also for your

On June 26th, 2008 Tempestan says:

Thank you also for your appreciation. Also, in published version this poem is centered so it has an opening and closing sense about it with the length of the words to each other as you read them. I didn't take time to format any of the posts I put on, I may take a moment to do that sometime in the not too distant future :).

Thanks again!
Tempestan

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