Bloom

Bloom

like a tender plant

does sweet Love sprout

from precious seed

planted there...where we need

by pure happenstance

a shared desire nurtured

in fractal wonder

sends tendrils deep...deep...deeper still

'til entwined, the heart -

from pulsing flesh and bone

Love’s beauty blooms

resplendent

a lovely rose

devoid its thorns

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Bernard C. Aug 13, 2012, 4:39am UTC

Very nicely put - good write :-)

Thanks for sharing and submitting to
The Surreal Circus.

stephen berwaldt Aug 13, 2012, 9:44am UTC

Thank you, Bernard... Coming to the UK on the 24th... See you there? How big can it be, anyway... :)

Bernard C. Aug 14, 2012, 10:53am UTC

Have a good trip - am not there on that date..do enjoy the place :-)

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Rayda Renshaw Aug 13, 2012, 4:44am UTC

Beautifully written.

stephen berwaldt Aug 13, 2012, 9:43am UTC

Thank you for saying do, Rayda...

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Alice G. Aug 13, 2012, 7:32am UTC

Love the imagery. Great use of extended metaphor.

stephen berwaldt Aug 13, 2012, 9:43am UTC

Thank you, Alice...

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elizabeth evans Aug 13, 2012, 8:13am UTC

I don't think any rose bush is devoid of thorns! (:

JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ Aug 13, 2012, 9:33am UTC

I was thinking the same thing, bob.

But in a perfect world, would it be without thorns? Somehow, I don't think so.

stephen berwaldt Aug 13, 2012, 9:41am UTC

In a perfect world, there would be no need for thorns...
Thank you, gals, for your comments... This was for Priya's prompt on Nifty-Fifty

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ʚϊɞ Carol ʚϊɞ Aug 13, 2012, 9:10am UTC

Love can hurt at times like the rose thorns.
Perfect imagery.

stephen berwaldt Aug 13, 2012, 9:42am UTC

I know...I was wishful thinking... Thank you, Carol...

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Diane Huizenga Aug 13, 2012, 10:35am UTC

Exactly like love, it has to grow, wonderful poem stephen

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Barbara H. Aug 13, 2012, 11:10am UTC

...a perfect rose could surely be to grow without a thorn
would hide in bower secretly and bloom with blood red flower
a fragrant, sweet anomaly

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Brian Benson Aug 13, 2012, 12:38pm UTC

beautifully worded Stephen...thank you...B

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Douglas Raymond ROSE Aug 13, 2012, 2:36pm UTC

Love,Perfectly described. Since my surname is Rose, I'm thrilled with it!

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Ann Marcaida Aug 13, 2012, 5:00pm UTC

Beautiful word economy, Steve. Your shortest poems tend to be your strongest.

Thanks for sharing with Gather's Luminous Writers and Artists. Featured and tweeted.

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Chris Brockman Aug 13, 2012, 8:50pm UTC

This definitely blooms elegantly into a spray of lovely metaphor.

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Priya P. Aug 16, 2012, 6:20am UTC

This was beautiful, thank you Stephen for being the first to write on this prompt. It's just so Stephen-like, always touching the heart.

Featured with grace in the Nifty Fifty.

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C H Aug 17, 2012, 5:56pm UTC

Nicely done.

Wonderful word usage and style.

(to add to some of the above replies.If I'm not mistaken they have several breeds of rose's without thorns now.Think they made them mainly for florists and such)

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