Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DESIGN, by SALLY BRUCE KINSOLVING


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First Line: Thou hast fashioned the rose
Last Line: Sprung towards the sky!
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses


Thou hast fashioned the rose
And trained it to grow
Toward a perfection
Thou only canst know,

Unfolding each bud,
Point, whorl and line
Into the beauty
Of petalled design;

Controlling in harmony
Each bitter briar
Fanged and engrafted
Through wild desire --

Unruly a stem
Or too ardent a dye --
Rooted in earth,
Sprung towards the sky!





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