Inevitability

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Velvet is the rose,
blood red petals testify –
cohabiting thorns.

(For Cee’s FOTD)

10 thoughts on “Inevitability”

pvcann says:

January 17, 2019 at 10:59 pm

And Don’t I know it, great piece, so true

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  January 17, 2019 at 11:15 pm
  
  Thank you!
  
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  1. pvcann says:
    
    January 18, 2019 at 3:17 am
    
    My pleasure
    
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Cee Neuner says:

January 17, 2019 at 12:34 pm

Beautiful deep red on this rose 😀

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  January 17, 2019 at 3:35 pm
  
  Thank you.
  
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wonkywizard says:

January 16, 2019 at 10:36 pm

Thanks for the haiku and photo, a renga with you:

treasure beauty with the thorns
proximity pricks when touched

Dr. Lim Keng Huat, http://www.wonkywizard.wordpress.com

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  January 17, 2019 at 7:52 am
  
  Nice. Thanks.
  
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  1. wonkywizard says:
    
    January 17, 2019 at 8:32 am
    
    Thanks. With that approval, I shall publish it in my blog with acknowledgement, and it will be translated in Chinese for more readership.
    
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  2. V.J. Knutson says:
    
    January 17, 2019 at 8:32 am
    
    Thank you. Will you link it back here?
    
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  3. wonkywizard says:
    
    January 17, 2019 at 8:49 am
    
    Yes, please inform if I fail to link
    
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