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Poem Details
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| Title: | The Lone Flower |
| Author: | Dennie Carpenter |
| Date Submitted: | 10/7/2009 |
| Email: | dcarpenter1960@hotmail.com |
| Poem: |
The room full of Red roses, Warm. Moist. Blooming. All comfy in their soil, the buzz from a bee communicates. All alone on a distant shelf, lies one orange flower, its leaves wilted, it has struggled to get the others to hear it speak. Yet no one bothers with it. Because it is different. Slurrred speach. Bent stem. The lone flower stands out. Taken for granted. Used by others, because of its visible weakness. They gain their popularity, by ignoring the lone flower in a room full of others.... |