A Rose is Not A Rose!! for dVerse Poets

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Summer Song

The white wings of pelicans
soared overhead,
fueled by that same  windrush
that tangled your hair,
quicksilver sea foam adding its gentle hiss to that summer song
that  created a soundtrack stretching out  from early morning
to become an  afternoon delight––
that summer song flowing and waning
in the ebb tide
of my restless memory

 

For dVerse Poets we are to compose a poem that contains at least five of these names of rose varieties but not mention the word “rose.” I chose nine:

Afternoon Delight
Bordeaux
Brass Band
Cayenne
Desdemona
Ebb Tide
Eiffel Tower
Golden Gate
Mermaid
No Surrender
Peace
Penny Lane
Queen of Hearts
Quicksilver
Restless
Sea Foam
Summer Song
Tangles
White Wings
Windrush

Go HERE to read the poems

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My blog, which started out to be about overcoming grief, quickly grew into a blog about celebrating life. I post daily: poems, photographs, essays or stories. I've lived in countries all around the globe but have finally come to rest in Mexico, where I've lived since 2001. My books may be found on Amazon in Kindle and print format, my art in local Ajijic galleries. Hope to see you at my blog.

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    1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      I love watching pelicans. There is a place near a fish processing place on the lake I live on where hundreds of pelicans gather to collect the offal thrown out after they have prepared the catch of the day to sell. It’s an amazing site. I’ll try to post photos tomorrow.

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    1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      There is a place on the lake where I live where there are hundreds of them clustered to catch offal thrown out by the fishery after they clean fish. It is a sight. I’ll publish photos tomorrow. I have an early appointment tomorrow for lab tests and should sleep now. I’m in Phoenix for the next week.

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