Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ROSE PETALS, by BLANCHE WHALEN CRITZMAN


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ROSE PETALS, by                    
First Line: Rose petals, rose petals, everywhere lying
Last Line: A tear.
Subject(s): Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Love; Roses


Rose Petals, rose petals, everywhere lying,
Speak to my heart of a love that is dying,
Withered and sere,
Faded yet dear,
Queer,
How a tiny plant knows;
Strange, the heart of a rose
Can be stricken with death.
Canker, unbidden, eats its slow way
And a beautiful love falls into decay
With the wind's slightest breath.
Rose petals, rose petals, crumpled and old,
Only the embers of love do you hold;
A fancy, a fear,
A memory dear,
A tear.





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