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One Flower
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One Flower
By La Belle Rouge


if only
there was a bit of fertile ground
it didn’t have to be an acre
just a spot, big enough to nourish
one flower

if only
a reticent sun would shine on her
it didn’t have to be a firestorm
just warmth enough to grow roots of
one flower

if only
the life-giving rain would fall
it didn’t have to be a flood
just an occasional shower to water
one flower

there was
a fleeting spring and summer
she spent both searching
for a way to bloom where she
was planted

and then
one autumn morning she saw
colorful, radiant, blooming
through a tiny crack in solid rock
one flower

face upturned
toward inhospitable gray sky
roots clinging to life below surface
nourished in hidden fissures of
her soul

and when
wilted it ends
no one will know
the courage it took
for one flower to grow




9/6/2009 La Belle Rouge

Music "Beautiful Times"


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Reviewed by Don Juan Amante
Reviewed on September 9, 2009
sometimes we see only the beauty that hides the pain.

Reviewed on September 8, 2009
Magnificent!

Reviewed by Amber Moonstone
Reviewed on September 8, 2009
One Flower deserves the sun that your sun shines from. You are remarkable Miss Belle!
Lovely!
Peace, love, and light,

Amber "V"

Reviewed by Kate Burnside
Reviewed on September 8, 2009
I ache for this poem, Belle. I have felt and seen every single word and emotion within it. It's a stand-alone poem that should be published - and often. Its message is both heartwarming and devastating. Strength and meekness beautifully combined in one powerful pen. Totally love this, thank you. Kate xx

Reviewed by Mr. Ed
Reviewed on September 8, 2009
Quite powerful, La Belle.

Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan
Reviewed on September 8, 2009
this is such a beautiful poem-beautiful!

Reviewed by Rose Rideout
Reviewed on September 8, 2009
I am thinking like Georg, how many people are born into this world and struggle to survive till the end. Thank you for sharing La Belle.

Newfie Hugs, Rose

Reviewed by John Flanagan
Reviewed on September 8, 2009
LaBelle,
This is a beautifully conceived and wonderfully written poem, so focused, determined and strong, and what an aftertaste it has!

John

Reviewed by Georg Mateos
Reviewed on September 8, 2009
Some people are like that flower, born from a cold rock fissure and clinging to existence for dire life, showing to whoever made it happens that it was stronger than "fate's" malice.

Georg


Reviewed by Paul Berube
Reviewed on September 8, 2009
Beautifully written, La Belle.

Reviewed by Ankin Timourian
Reviewed on September 7, 2009
Such a gentle poem like a flower. Sometiems I feel like that flower, so carefully crafted, beautiful work, Belle!
Love, Ankin

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on September 7, 2009
nice take on a universal theme ... lovely poem ^^^

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on September 7, 2009
There was a song written back in the fifties about a Rose in Spanish Harlem and this poem reminded me of that song, it is such a striking picture and the poem does it justice...a symbol of what we can be if we really want to be...

hugs
fee

Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on September 7, 2009
BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN WITH SUCH VIVID IMAGERY AND LOVELY PHRASES. THANKS FOR SHARING AND BLESSINGS. JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Gene Williamson
Reviewed on September 7, 2009
This poem, Belle, conceived and executed in
the beauty of word and line nourished in the
hidden fissues of your soul and spirit.

-gene.

Reviewed by D. Vegas (Reader)
Reviewed on September 7, 2009
Belle, Beautifully stated,
Always,
Deborah

Reviewed on September 7, 2009
Your best, La Belle - absolutely beautiful!

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

Reviewed on September 7, 2009
Wonderful write, Belle; very nice! Well done; brava!

(((HUGS)) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :D

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on September 7, 2009
Yes, indeed it does take courage for the fulfillment of a flower, no matter where you find them. Courage. Yes.

Reviewed by John Coppolella
Reviewed on September 7, 2009
This left me feeling the wonder of a little child. Well done.


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