Friday 3 June 2016

Beauty is fleeting...

My addition to this weeks A Dash of Sunny Prompt Night

DEATH OF A ROSE

 Twinkle, twinkle little Rose
Your name lives on in many prose,
 While in this world of dank decay
Your sparkle slowly fades away.
 As petals fall and leaves are curled,
Onto the compost heap your hurled.
We prune your limbs and lop your head.
A sign that Summer too is dead.

I know...Summer is hardly showing her skirts here....but it amused me :D
Enjoy XXX

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20 comments:

  1. From bloom to compost... what a delight. Have I told you how much I love your style? Your lively (and deadly) sense of humor? Well, I do. Love it, that is.

    And summer has been waving at us from behind the clouds. It's raining in NYC!

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  2. Oh Gina, this is such a wise and profound write. Beauty is indeed fleeting in the world and its present circumstances. Thank you so much for participating at Prompt Nights and for your constant love and support.

    Lots of love,
    Sanaa

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  3. Smiling at the truth in your words. Laughing at the clever way you did it.

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  4. Great words and beautiful photos! Bloom to compost! Excellent! Hugs!

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  5. Yes I see that all the time, the beauty only lasts a little while then we return the old blooms to fertilise and assist in the creation of a new bloom.

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  6. What a delight! The life of a rose so sweetly told :-)

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  7. Very cleverly told, the perfect way to share the circle of life xxx

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  8. Poor little rose - she seems study but true - easily culled :-(

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  9. aw...that was very clever and exquisite..we also go in the same way. perhaps not as beautifully...

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  10. We should remember that we too are like roses and make the most of our time to bloom as well.

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  11. What a fun write, weaving seasons into your rhyme. Have a lovely Saturday Gina

    much love...

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  12. Poor Rosie! What a lovely idea to photograph her life!

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  13. Lovely - nature in all its glory!

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  14. They are beautiful at every stage, though – as your photos show.

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  15. Very fun presentation of the life of a rose--a fitting metaphor for our own lives. Victoria

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  16. Chuckles! Love the playful mood that your lines evoked, Gina! And great pics too!

    Hank

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  17. Wise words!! Lovely presentation!

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  18. Yes, this is dark, but it is the path of life. Beautifully written.

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  19. Enjoyed this perspective haha

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