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Red Red Rose
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Saturday, February 20, 2021    Rated "G" by the Author.
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-- A Red Red Rose --

John Herlihy

 

A red red rose,

 in the heart of winter.

Soothing the eyes of my heart,

And its gnawing splinter.

Fringed in frost as if fringed in lace,

The silent beauty in crimson joy.

Leaves behind a smile on my face,

As if my miseries to destroy.

In the winter of our discontent,

The entire world swoons.

While there in snow content,

The solitary red rose blooms.

The sight drains away my sorrow,

Filling me with hope for tomorrow.

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Copyright © John Herlihy 7 September 2020


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 Reviews of "Red Red Rose"
Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on March 6, 2021
INDEED, A RED RED ROSE, ESPECIALLY IN 'WINTER'...WILL DO JUST THAT! ENJOYED, THANK YOU. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by John Bidwell
Reviewed on February 20, 2021
Nature has the best ways to draw out the sorrow.
We are pulled away from what drains us, and to what fills us.

Beautiful,

John

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on February 20, 2021
We recently experienced our roses frozen, too. It is a bittersweet experience.

Ron


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