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Curtains pulled, lit up
some nights: but no one’s ever
sitting outside

an infant stroller
upright in the frost-thick grass,
growing mould next

to a wire clotheshorse;
both been there weeks, though someone’s
still mowing the lawn

around the concrete
slab, marking where the apple tree
fell with autumn’s storms

and gave rise
to an occasion to plant
commemorative rose bushes

all twisting branches,
wearing only leaves now
their season has passed,

but who wants to see roses
blooming alone in winter?
©2009 ~pseudometry
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Has anyone ever desired to see a rose bloom in the depths of winter? Only a fool longs for this unseasonal rapture!
—Goethe

This lovely picture was part of the inspiration for this piece: [link]

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Given 2009-07-15

"Who wants to see roses blooming alone in winter?" ~pseudometry asks in Quiet Neighbours, a soft, almost melancholy observational poem. (Featured by ^fllnthblnk)

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:iconyouinventedme:

all twisting branches,
wearing only leaves now
their season has passed,

but who wants to see roses
blooming alone in winter?


marvelous

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one half of ~ZombiesAteUs
:iconpseudometry:
Thank you grandly :D

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'Beauty will save the world'
--Fyodor Dostoevsky
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love the ending a lot
:iconanavah:
This is a wonderful expression regarding the inspiration.

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:iconoalicein:
golly this is nice

some beautiful weird mysterious emphasis on concrete slab i naively see
:iconpseudometry:
Why thank you

--
'Beauty will save the world'
--Fyodor Dostoevsky
:iconpseudometry:
Thanks very much, glad you thought so.

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'Beauty will save the world'
--Fyodor Dostoevsky
:iconpseudometry:
Cheers.
Yes indeed.

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'Beauty will save the world'
--Fyodor Dostoevsky
:iconanavah:
You're very welcome.

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:iconr-mitchell:
this is really darn sad, thru my eyes at least.

lovely but sad.

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