Thursday, May 14, 2026

I read a poem to a rose

 I read a poem to a rose

But what it thought nobody knows

Maybe it thought, 'Is that for me?

I'm the prettiest that can be!


'Please do not read me poems

They take your eyes away

Just sniff and smile and look at me

That's all I have to say


'Do your write poems to daisies?

And dandelions too?

And lupins and the other flowers

Your love for me cannot be true


'You don't really care for roses

You admire the taller trees

It's a good thing I'm not jealous

And I'm easy to please.'


We will never know

If a rose is smart or dumb

There are wicked roses which have thorns

Waiting to prick your thumb


But let us look on the bright side

Be on our dear rose's right side

Petals have their dark and light side

Their perfumed day and night side


A rose, everyone smart knows

Always dresses in her best

Every day, a rose always poses

So photogenic, perfect roses.

-ends-

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