One Love of Roses
Veronica Juliet Toth 1961 (South Australia)
One Love of Roses
Since my birth my father made me love roses
This brought mirth to all my family in poses
The fragrance of one hundred white roses
Suffused the atmosphere with perfumed doses
Goddess-like the planet Venus shined on my life
I swore I would only become a rose lover’s wife
Mars sparkled like a flaming red rose bud
The evening sky’s aurora australis flew through chiffon blood
My father’s s bouquet hovered like a white nimbus cloud
It guided my life to university of which my mother is proud
Beautiful dreams flooded my mind
Beautiful people were immensely kind
Love in all its facets is one love of roses
A desiderata manifesto of hedonism in voguish poses
If each white rose were a diamond, I would own a crystal treasure
All of my life this garland has given me pleasure
Brilliance of love’s light pursues me to the stars
I hope I live for one hundred magnificent years
Each filled with glamorous accomplishment instead of tears
One hundred roses will slay all my fears
Veronica Juliet Toth
2002
About this poem
When my sister was born my father bought 100 white roses to celebrate her birth.
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Written on January 01, 2002
Submitted by Veronica61 on August 30, 2023
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| Scheme | A ABAB CCDD EEFF ABGG XHXH XX |
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| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 1,034 |
| Words | 192 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
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