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The Thirteenth Rose

Mindi Nicole Chamberlain 1982 (Texas)

Free verse
The thirteenth rose in a dozen,
So beautiful and unique,
All alone, standing out from the rest.

As it is touched
The beauty and life, so present, begin to fade,
Like all things that have been handled carelessly.
The stem bends and droops,
And the petals begin to fall to the floor.
Drip,
Drip,
Drip.
Until the unique rose is not more.

About this poem

I wrote this poem many years ago, but I feel that it's still relevant today. Nature has always been a part of me, and I wanted to express that poetically.

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Written on August 18, 2007

Submitted by mindi.nicole on March 29, 2022

Modified on March 16, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme xxx xxxxaBBBa
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 335
Words 73
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 9
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Mindi Nicole Chamberlain

I began writing poetry at the age of seven, and it has always been a dream of mine to be published. I've written over a thousand poems my lifetime and I have yet to stop writing. more…

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