Rose Poems

As a flower in the garden
Bending toward the sun,
Unfolds it's tiny petals
One, by one, by one...
So faith expands it's beauty
Until at last it grows
Into life's lasting flower...
The heart's fair perfect rose.

~Rebecca Helmann~

The Rose is gowned in petaled grace and lovely beyond telling;
She always lifts a friendly face, regardless of her dwelling.
Her golden silence can express to us, no matter where, joy shared;
give solace in distress from those who fondly care. The Rose has ways of saying things we much delight to hear;
without a spoken word, she brings and keeps our loved ones near
~Laura S. Beck

Shakespeare's Sonnet LIV

O, how much more doth beauty beauteous seem
By that sweet ornament which truth doth give!
The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem
For that sweet odour which doth in it live.
The canker-blooms have full as deep a dye
As the perfumed tincture of the roses,
Hang on such thorns and play as wantonly
When summer's breath their masked buds discloses:
But, for their virtue only is their show,
They live unwoo'd and unrespected fade,
Die to themselves. Sweet roses do not so;
Of their sweet deaths are sweetest odours made:
And so of you, beauteous and lovely youth,
When that shall fade, my verse distills your truth.

• December poems and wit
• Winter Quotes and Poems
• Garden Quotations

Grow your own rose petals
ROSE PETAL BEADS
The heat of your body causes the beads to give off the smell of the rose.

1. In enamel pan place one pound of red rose petals with just enough water to cover.
2. Simmer very slowly for one hour but do not boil.Cover and let stand over night.
3. Repeat these steps three more times.
4. By the fourth day,the petals and water will have become a smooth paste.
5. Take a small amount and roll it between your palms ,forming beads 1/4 inch in diameter.
6. Pierce each ball with a needle for stringing and let the beads dry on newspaper in a warm closet.
7. Thread the beads onto silk thread for your necklace.

These beads are sturdier than you would think,lasting several years and keeping their fragrance. They turn a polished red Sienna color.

"If love were what the rose is,
And I were like the leaf,
Our love would grow together,
In sad or sighing weather."

Swinburne

• Roses In Art
• Lilies
• September Poems

• Mother's Day Poems
• Types of Rose Fragrance
• Ilona's Garden growing 'Roses'
• Ilona's Garden 2nd page of 'Roses'

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