Please Take this Red Red Rose

[angliholic]

Please take

This red red rose

If not,

Think for how long

Her succulent petals will last.

[Hawkman]

I like this one. elegant in its brevity.

H

[angliholic]

I like this one. elegant in its brevity.

H

Thanks, Hawkman,
For the kind words
As usual.

You're the most
Gentle here!
In my mind's eye,
You're not so much
A hawkman
As a gentleman!

[Jerrybaldy]

Honestly
and ungentlemanly I thought it was a beginning unfinished
BW
JB

[angliholic]

Honestly
and ungentlemanly I thought it was a beginning unfinished
BW
JB
Thank you Jerry
For your honest
As well as gentle opinion.
But I'm all at sea,
Concerning a beginning unfinished.
Could you throw more light
So that I can see?

[Jerrybaldy]

that would depend on me having a clue what I am talking about which is always debatable but I meant the words were poetic but more of a snippet you find and wonder what the whole may have been
BW
JB

[adityasam]

A lovely and thought-provoking one. It reminds me of one thing, when we are young we are full of young blood and are active and when we become old we become like the dried old petals of the rose. Also your style of writing is great, just 4 lines to write but has 40 verses of meaning. Keep it up!

:party:

[angliholic]

that would depend on me having a clue what I am talking about which is always debatable but I meant the words were poetic but more of a snippet you find and wonder what the whole may have been
BW
JB
Thanks again, Jerrybaldy.
It's a snippet you might well say.
I'd rather let the whole in readers' mind stay.
Or a tip of the iceberg I may say:
something better left unsaid!



A lovely and thought-provoking one. It reminds me of one thing, when we are young we are full of young blood and are active and when we become old we become like the dried old petals of the rose. Also your style of writing is great, just 4 lines to write but has 40 verses of meaning. Keep it up!

:party:
Thank you, adit,
for the encouraging words.
That's it!
Would you spare me more words
of what the feelings you felt
after reading those few words?

[blazeofglory]

This is a beautiful poem. The impact of the poem is intense and I internalize it. Poetry must serve two ends at the same time-entertain and instruct. Philosophical poems are not always entertainingly; they exhaust us and I withdraw from them. But some poems are really beautifully written and this particular poem is rich in its symbolic content. I expect the poet will come up with a bunch of such poems to entertain his or her readers. This is one of the poems I feel deeply touched upon of late.

[angliholic]

This is a beautiful poem. The impact of the poem is intense and I internalize it. Poetry must serve two ends at the same time-entertain and instruct. Philosophical poems are not always entertainingly; they exhaust us and I withdraw from them. But some poems are really beautifully written and this particular poem is rich in its symbolic content. I expect the poet will come up with a bunch of such poems to entertain his or her readers. This is one of the poems I feel deeply touched upon of late.

Thanks, blazeofglory, for the nice comment.

I couldn't agree with you more on the two ends of a poem.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever. And if it's combined with something meaningful, then it's not only a joy but forever a daily bread!

By any chance, are you really from Kathmandu, the home of Shangri-la?