Rose Parade Poem by Saiom Shriver
Rose Parade
Why behead
a rose of red?
Faster it dies
and then is dead.
How many bees are
trapped in the folds
of numberless roses
of pink orange and gold?
Saturday, January 2, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: feelings,flowers,rose,wastage
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Note: 60,000 roses
decapitated for just one
float in the Tournament
of Roses parade in Pasadena
on January 1st. Cloth flowers
could be reused reducing
time and expense.
George Bernard Shaw:
I love little chidlren too
but I don't cut off their heads
and stick them in vases.
Sathya Sai Baba:
Why pluck a flower and hasten
its death.
http: //www.sapergalleries.com/DavisThreeFrenchLaceRoses15x20-600.jpg
decapitated for just one
float in the Tournament
of Roses parade in Pasadena
on January 1st. Cloth flowers
could be reused reducing
time and expense.
George Bernard Shaw:
I love little chidlren too
but I don't cut off their heads
and stick them in vases.
Sathya Sai Baba:
Why pluck a flower and hasten
its death.
http: //www.sapergalleries.com/DavisThreeFrenchLaceRoses15x20-600.jpg
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