Over on Susanna’s Blog she is hosting a “Valentines Day Contest”, about an unlikely Valentine. I love her blog it’s always full of fun articles and interesting, inspiring information. We’ve been asked to submit a childrens poem or prose in no more than 200 words,… well it was 150 but she’s changed it now. I am not great at producing something so quick without a lot of thought and time, hence my hesitation. I like to try my hand at something fun, even though I know it is not really my field, but hey… it is fun to try, and I have so enjoyed visiting the other contestants whom I know are so out of my league. So forgive me this silly little poem I came up with.
Said the Thorn to the Rose
Said the Thorn to the Rose
“Will you be my Valentine?”
Said the Rose to the Thorn
“I’ll be yours if you’ll be mine”
Said the Thorn to the Rose
“Will you hold my hand?”
Said the Rose to the Thorn
“Indeed as we survey our land”
Said the Thorn to the Rose
“With me will you dance?”
Said the Rose to the Thorn
“Yes lets, but watch out for the plants”
Said the Thorn to the Rose
“I adore your flushed petalled face”
Said the Rose to the Thorn
“From the pleasure of your armoured embrace”
Said the Thorn to the Rose,
“Will you be mine for ever more?”
Said the Rose to the Thorn
“Of course, you’re the only one that I adore”.
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Writer and Dreamer at work 
Very nice…and I’m sort of happy you chose to post your poem here on your site, before I went to Susanna’s site and stuck out like a sore thumb…instead, seeing as I usually Do stick out like a sore thumb, I’m going over, and …well, stick both my thumbs up…
Bless You
paul
Hey Paul I’ve gotten a little braver since joining the 12x12in12 group so I thought I would give it a go. I am certainly no poet…lol. Thanks for your lovely comment.
I long to take my Valentine, Here, There, and A -Tither…
She seems to be reluctant, though…as we have yet to secure a sitter…
Sorry, thought you meant …oh, never mind…
Bless You
paul
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Your story is great! I wrote one too but I didn’t realize it was to be a children’s story (silly me)
yes it’s suppose to be…. lol. Nevermind I loved yours, thanks for stopping by.
Oh…lovely!
Enjoyed the rose and thorn interchange…very clever. 🙂
My daughter sent me flowers for my B-day…in the bouquet were 3 pale yellow roses…so I read your poem while looking at them…it was perfect!
Oh how sweet! Thankyou for that, and thank your daughter for me….. lol. Come back anytime.
Fun!…and clever.
Thankyou Mona…… *blushes*
A perfect Valentine entry, the rose. Super poem Diane x
Thankyou Catherine, so sweet of you.
Very sweet and fun, Diane! See? It wasn’t that hard! You did awesomely 🙂 Thanks so much for joining in 🙂
Thankyou Susanna *blushes*, please to see my link finally appeared.
A lovely poem explaining how the rose got its thorns. Beautiful.
Thankyou, your welcome.
Great job, Diane! I really enjoyed reading it!
Thankyou Penny, I so loved yours….
My favorite line: “I adore your flushed petalled face.” I love that description! I will think of that when/if my rose bush comes into bloom this spring. So sweet!
LOL, thankyou Cathy. I loved that to, I can surprise myself sometimes when I come out with a line like that. Then I read it later on and wonder where/or how I got that…lol.
Great poem! I love the way you’ve written this with every other line dialogue between them. And in rhyme, no less. Fantastic!
Aww…. thankyou Rebecca *blushes*….. you can come back anytime…lol.
What a great amorous dialogue between the thorn and the rose! Super entry!
Thankyou Joanna, I very much appreciated your comment, and high praise. I hope you are entering.
Very creative, Diane! I really like your use of repeated phrases and dialogue!
Thankyou Renee, I very much appreciate the high praise indeed.
What a love story! 🙂 Who knew a rose and it’s thorn loved each other so much? Great job, Diane!
LOL, …. who knew indeed!!! Thankyou so much Natalie, so sweet of you.
Loved your poem.So clever. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Thankyou Clar, I have been reading and loving whats going on over at your blog of late….
Well done! I love the image of his armored embrace.
LOL …. thankyou Heather, so glad you liked it.
A very pretty poem! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Thankyou so much Rebecca for your kind words and for dropping by, come again anytime.
I love it. Still having trouble with mine…… I love roses. Great for Valentine’s Day.
Thankyou Tracy, I hope you get to finish yours in time. Glad you liked my theme.
Yes, I’m glad you posted it here. Your poetry page doesn’t come up in the reader. I enjoyed your back and forth poem. It felt like dancing.
Oh, I have to re arrange that page sometime, its a bit messy…lol. Thankyou for your lovely comment Hannah.
Diane, I love it. It really is a very good poem. Great entry!
Thankyou Pat. I didn’t realise I would get so many nice compliments, everyone is so sweet. It was fun to try it.
I like the armored embrace! Very cute poem!!
Thankyou Tina, so glad you liked it. Pop back anytime.
This is cool because there has to be thorns when you have roses so they do kind of go together! I like to “hear” them talk! 🙂
LOL Thankyou Erik, for your very sweet comment. Seems these two chatter away….lol.
Love your poem. It is very clever and a great love story!
Thankyou very much Margaret for your kind words. Love seeing you here.
That was too sweet Diane. Great job
Thankyou Jennifer, so glad you liked it.
I saw an earlier comment where you said you were no poet. Very lovely entry. My favorite line: Said the Rose to the Thorn
“From the pleasure of your armoured embrace”
LOL,….. it’s true Stacy I am no poet… just sometimes I can surprise myself…lol. Thankyou I loved that line to.
That is an excellent poem.
Thankyou sunriseovertheiceberg, love your name by the way.
Very nice poem Diane! I loved that you tried something that was a little out of your comfort zone! You put yourself out there and I think you did a fantastic job!
Thankyou Eric for your kind words. It’s when others are so kind that one feels comfortable enough to stretch and try something new, even amongst other writers, its been a lovely experience.