Hold perfect rose*

        Hold perfect rose*

        growing out of twilight

        intense

        upon the redolent air

        I think of you now

        hanging

        in dark pendulous blooms

        always at the borders

        of memory

        an unforgettable

        crimson cologne

        a velvet intoxication

        of deep petal perfume

        flesh brushing thorns

        entrusting every sense

        in ecstasy.

            * Josephine Bruce

These poems are from my new collection IN THE APRICOT DARKNESS (view the cover and contents below in my recent posts). They are now being published individually, daily under 'recent posts' on my blog and will be available shortly as an eBook that can be read online or downloaded for free.