Thursday, February 24, 2022

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PASSION'S PUZZLE

So sweet and sad heaving bosom

She may shun him oh so handsome

Poor soul he fears himself go mad

Who pluck at way for her blossom

That torture to wavering lad

Heaving bosom so sweet and sad


The rose is red but that is why

Too many tears she cannot cry

And if perchance she takes to bed

For only there to lay and sigh

At verses written or just read

But that is why the rose is red

© gillena cox 2022


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24 comments:

  1. Kathy Labrum McVittieFebruary 24, 2022 at 7:58 PM

    Wow Gillena, what an inspiring website and such a different layout to mine.
    I bow to your experience and to your sighing red rose, distracting the lad with her heaving breast... {hugs}

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  2. Callsign SantaFebruary 24, 2022 at 8:29 PM

    Gillena that was so good...the sweet bosom, so intoxicating for a lad who needs the feminine to feel complete, and yet the breasts so sad, and the rose so powerfully raw red....a verse full of emotion...

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  3. robkistnerFebruary 24, 2022 at 8:47 PM

    Wonderful poem Gillena. Excellent execution of the form! 🙂✌🏼❤️

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  4. UnknownFebruary 24, 2022 at 8:48 PM

    Awesome job on your poem!

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  5. GraceFebruary 24, 2022 at 8:58 PM

    I felt the sadness of the tortured soul here.

    Lovely job on the form Gillena. Thanks for joining in.

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  6. Gillena CoxFebruary 24, 2022 at 9:26 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Grace

    Much❤love

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  7. ms_liliFebruary 25, 2022 at 12:17 AM

    I like the "myth" poem and appreciate your compassion not only for the rose but for the one who would hope to pluck it.

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  8. Gillena CoxFebruary 25, 2022 at 6:46 AM

    Thanks for your appreciation Lili

    Much❤love

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  9. Merril D. SmithFebruary 25, 2022 at 7:12 AM

    Lovely images, Gillena-and so sad!

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  10. IngridFebruary 25, 2022 at 7:17 AM

    Such a passionate and intriguing narrative poem, Gillena! ❤️

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  11. Ron RowlandFebruary 25, 2022 at 8:40 AM

    Lovely (and you nailed the form)

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  12. AlexandraFebruary 25, 2022 at 11:34 AM

    "why the rose is red" is just one of those things that poets know. This is delightful.

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    1. Gillena CoxFebruary 25, 2022 at 4:22 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Alexandra

      Much❤love

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  13. Gillena CoxFebruary 25, 2022 at 4:21 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Ron

    Much❤love

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  14. brudbergFebruary 27, 2022 at 12:10 PM

    This is just so very lovely...

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  15. David BogomolnyFebruary 27, 2022 at 5:02 PM

    Gillena - this is lovely.

    -David [ben Alexander]
    http://skepticskaddish.com/

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  16. Gillena CoxFebruary 27, 2022 at 11:32 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation David

    Much❤love

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  17. RostroseFebruary 28, 2022 at 1:30 PM

    Wonderful, dear Gillena!
    All the best from Austria and good start into March,
    Traude
    https://rostrose.blogspot.com/2022/02/italien-reisebericht-trasimenischer-see.html

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  18. Gillena CoxFebruary 28, 2022 at 3:39 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Traude

    Much❤love

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