I watch as they remain unflinching
kissed by the hail and snow
what was the reason
oh why did they not wilt and go
A ray of light, a flicker of hope
to hush a bosom’s trembling sigh
perhaps their lustre won’t soon decay
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Posted for ‘Quadrille 36’ @ dVerse Poets Pub
& Posted on ‘Tuesday Platform’ @ Real Toads
Posted on ‘Monday Writes’ @ My Blog – Verses
That is a beautifully tender little poem and love how you leave it in a place of hope.
Thank you so much, Paul 🙂 so good to see you ❤️
Love their blooming amidst the snow ~ There’s hope, even a flicker of light ~
Thanks Sanaa for sharing a lovely poem ~
Thank you so much, Grace 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
Beautiful:
“A ray of light, a flicker of hope
to hush a bosom’s trembling sigh”
Thank you so much, Aurora 🙂 so glad you liked it ❤️
A terrific & gentle rocking of the prompt; so mysterious how some flowers, some people cling tenaciously to life while most others succumb too quickly.
Just refusing to be a victim, standing alone in the flickering light.
Thank you so much, Glenn 😀 so good to see you ❤️
so sad to see something so beautiful and innocent ravaged by life’s cruelty – with such sweet acceptance. It’s the acceptance that make one cry.
Definitely 🙂 thanks for stopping by, Victoria ❤️
I’ve read a lot of poems for this prompt today and so far yours is the only one to give us a flicker of hope. And oh how we need that right now. Lovely poem.
Awww!❤️ Thank you so much, Victoria 😀 so glad you liked it!❤️
I love the hope that the roses will last through the snow till Spring. The picture is lovely as well.
Thank you so much, Walter 🙂 so good to see you ❤️
Such a lovely picture to go with such hopeful words!
Thank you so much, SilverGardenia 🙂 so glad you liked it ❤️
Those plants are very versatile although hail and snow must be pushing their limits.
Definitely 🙂 thanks for stopping by, Frank ❤️
Perhaps? I hope so… Lovely piece, Sanaa ❤️
Thank you so much, Maria 😀 so good to see you ❤️
This flicker of hope is as beautiful as beauty could be.
Awww!❤️ Thank you so much, Sumana 😀 so glad you liked it!❤️
Frozen blooms, so beautiful but so sad too.
Thank you so much, Jane 🙂 so glad you liked it ❤️
Pretty! Is it silly that for me this brings to mind Beauty & the Beast? Steady on, rose.
Oh gosh I love Beauty and the Beast!❤️ Thanks a bunch, Marian 😀
A ponder on resilience, this is very interesting Sanaa
Much love…
Thank you so much, Gillena 🙂 so good to see you ❤️
The flickering of a last rose – there is always hope, Sanaa.
Definitely 🙂 thanks for stopping by, Kim ❤️
Love the unflinching blooms even in harsh conditions, and the flicker of hope. Nice write, Sanaa.
Thank you so much, Lynn 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
Beautiful photo and lovely words. Their grace undaunted by icy storm. Would that we could all have this demeanor!
Thank you so much, Lillian 🙂 so good to see you ❤️
The inbetween stage of wilting roses is bittersweet to me. Time spent in full bloom so brief. Lovely.
Thank you so much, Kathy 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
For me, ‘unflinching’ is the power word in the poem.
Thank you so much, Kerry 😀 so good to see you ❤️
It is always amazing, watching the last blooms clinging to life.
Definitely 🙂 thanks for stopping by, Sherry ❤️
Beautfully written.
Thank you so much, Julian 🙂 so glad you liked it ❤️
Fragile, yet resilient, beauty in those blooms…and your poem!
Thank you so much, Lynn 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
This is so romantic. May our love be like those roses.
Definitely ❤️ thanks for stopping by, Martin 🙂
I’m sure the snow will hasten their demise, but they do look gorgeous with that snow.
Thank you so much, Margaret 🙂 so good to see you ❤️
So pretty! I’m always sad when a plant is injured, holding out hope that it will survive. Lots of times they do! 🙂
Thank you so much, Barbara 🙂 so glad you liked it ❤️
A beautiful joining of a trembling heart with flickers of hope…survival in hardship does inspire hope…
Thank you so much, Janice 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
Perseverance despite adversity? Lovely piece.
Thank you so much, Bryan 🙂 so good to see you ❤️
This poem is simply stunning.
Thank you so much, Toni 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
Beautifully written Sanaa. Like us some plants have that resilience to survive in difficult times.
Thank you so much, Robin 🙂 so good to see you ❤️
Ever the romantic Sanaa…always an eye for beauty.
Thank you so much, Paul 😊 so glad you liked it ❤
We keep a hope even in what will not stay… That’s love…
Well written in just few words, Sanaa. ❤
Thank you so much, Vijita 🙂 so glad you liked it ❤️
So very real, Sanaa. Our garden did likewise except I’m not clever enough to write poetic about the situation. We lost three bottle brush trees and a palm tree and a tall hibiscus. We were in South America cruising at the time.
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Thank you so much, Jim 🙂 so good to see you ❤️
I love the hope at the closing. Almost as if it’s fed by the strength of the subject that refuses to let go and die at the murderous wintry kiss. Precious.
Thank you so much, Magaly 😊 so glad you liked it ❤
Lovely tribute to these survivors. Beautiful image you chose, Sanaa ❤️
Thank you so much, Olga 🙂 so glad you liked it ❤️
Thank you for linking to Monday WRites Sanaa
Much love…
My pleasure Gillena 🙂
much love…