Today Bjorn is our host for Quadrille Monday. This is the last session before we go on a two week hiatus over at the dVerse Poets Pub. Our Quadrilles today must contain as usual, exactly 44 words not counting the title and the word for the day – “rose”. Rose – a verb, a noun – the red rose, the sun rose. Come visit us over at dVerse and catch some of these short little wonders.
The Color of the Rose
The rose bloomed
a bright blue and spread her petals
over us all – at her heart
was the golden sun –
and at the end of the day
she let her petals fall
onebyone –
we caught and clutched them tightly –
sleeping, dreaming of tomorrow.
copyright kanzensakura
kanzen sakura 
Jun 26, 2016 @ 22:22:38
The image of the rose dropping her petals onebyone is poignant, but still the hope of a new day prevails.
Jun 28, 2016 @ 15:54:20
Yes it does! Always.
Jun 27, 2016 @ 04:35:58
Lovely metaphors there! Good to get a start on the prompt thanks to your post! https://thotpurge.wordpress.com/2016/06/27/phantom-rose/
Jun 27, 2016 @ 16:08:48
Than you!
Jun 27, 2016 @ 15:28:23
Oh I do love the way you used that sky blue image of a rose… there is a hope of bloom again with your words.
Jun 27, 2016 @ 16:08:16
I like to think so. I like the blooming of the sky over us.
Jun 27, 2016 @ 15:41:44
Sooo beautiful.
Jun 27, 2016 @ 16:12:09
Beautiful picture! (The sky is my favorite subject when I shoot.) The personification is very well done and it falls so easily from the tongue.
Jun 27, 2016 @ 16:18:46
Thank you!
Jun 27, 2016 @ 16:23:04
This poem is a sigh in itself. I love the idea of the sky as a rose. Beautiful.
Jun 27, 2016 @ 20:33:29
Thank you!
Jun 27, 2016 @ 16:33:23
Delicious – I wanted to hold the petals myself and inhale the scent!
Jun 27, 2016 @ 20:33:14
Thank you!
Jun 27, 2016 @ 16:38:49
The sky as a rose. I love the quickness of catching the petals “onebyone!” Spell check hates it… but MS doesn’t possess a poetic code. Beautiful poem!
Jun 27, 2016 @ 17:20:26
This was so clever! The sky as a giant perfect rose, each day renewing itself Gorgeous!
Jun 27, 2016 @ 20:32:01
Thank you Mosk!
Jun 27, 2016 @ 19:49:07
Love that the heart is the sun….and there is quiet acceptance of the seasons, blooming and falling–
Jun 27, 2016 @ 20:30:17
Thank you Grace!
Jun 27, 2016 @ 20:01:18
What a unique perspective to have that blue sky dropping her petals on us and having us clutch them to dream of a new tomorrow…so beautiful, Toni!
Jun 27, 2016 @ 20:29:59
Thank you Gayle. And I do hope you are feeling much better!
Jun 27, 2016 @ 20:30:58
Your poem is pure poetry! I could really picture the sky as the blue rose. Just gorgeous.
Jun 27, 2016 @ 20:31:30
Thank you!
Jun 27, 2016 @ 22:02:54
Love the thought of a blue rose!
Jun 28, 2016 @ 13:06:27
Especially one the size of the sky!
Jun 27, 2016 @ 22:41:06
As beautiful as your analogy/metaphor is in itself, still I sense, I feel the Asian influence over it, the words forming a gentle Japanese abstract painting, with the word “rose” is asian script.
Jun 28, 2016 @ 13:05:52
You surmise correctly! Almost always.
Jun 27, 2016 @ 23:13:40
This poem is like delicate layers of hope.
Jun 28, 2016 @ 13:05:19
Thank you
Jun 28, 2016 @ 00:04:50
Ah, roses are…blue! and we tightly clutch those petals of hope 🙂
Jun 28, 2016 @ 13:05:00
Yes, we do clutch that hope.
Jun 28, 2016 @ 01:14:33
May they continue to bloom in the next days to come… Love the thought of tucking them in our sleep. ^^
Jun 28, 2016 @ 13:04:42
Yes indeed!
Jun 28, 2016 @ 01:52:29
Beautiful poetry, Toni!
Jun 28, 2016 @ 13:04:23
Thank you!
Jun 28, 2016 @ 15:01:21
You’re welcome! 🙂
Jun 28, 2016 @ 06:51:03
sigh… simply beautiful
Jun 28, 2016 @ 08:43:58
love the image of the sky as a blue rose with the sun at its center…the photo of the clouds was a lovely addition, as the clouds became the petals.
Jun 28, 2016 @ 09:14:05
Rose-colored dreams are perfect, Toni! Love this!
Jun 28, 2016 @ 13:02:59
Thank you!
Jun 28, 2016 @ 10:14:47
All the soft “s” sounds give this a wistful feel. Wonderful, Kanzen. ❤ ❤
Jun 28, 2016 @ 13:02:42
Ahhh, you caught that! Super reader strikers again. Thank you <3<3<3
Jun 28, 2016 @ 17:21:41
You are more than welcome, Kanzen. Will drop you a line soon.
Jun 28, 2016 @ 17:40:48
I’m putting a few lines together for you as well.
Jun 28, 2016 @ 11:13:19
You don’t see a lot of blue roses, but I love this one.
Jun 28, 2016 @ 13:02:00
🙂
Jun 28, 2016 @ 13:05:19
Oh, my yes. I see this is the sky, blooming. GORGEOUS.
Jun 28, 2016 @ 19:42:40
Thank you! I love blueblue roses.
Jun 28, 2016 @ 16:19:27
Blooming in blue and dropping petals onebyone – blooming loverly!
Jun 28, 2016 @ 19:12:32
Thank you!
Jun 29, 2016 @ 13:30:37
This poem is lovely.
And at its heart, the golden sun…
Jul 01, 2016 @ 17:26:53
Thank you!
Jun 29, 2016 @ 14:50:09
Toni, this poem is a wonderfully clever creation. Rose coloured dreams. Perfect.
Jul 01, 2016 @ 17:26:32
Thank you Misky!
Jun 29, 2016 @ 20:18:45
Another lovely poem.
Jul 01, 2016 @ 17:25:39
Thank you!
Jun 30, 2016 @ 21:46:44
A beautiful interpretation
Jul 01, 2016 @ 17:22:01
Thank you Rosemary!