A Tube Rose Poem by Bharati Nayak

A Tube Rose

Rating: 5.0


I was offering you
A glass of water
You asked for
The flower
I was wearing on my hair
A small tube rose
You insisted for
Only that one
I wore
Gladly you tucked it
On your shirt
And went away
Wearing my heart
On your heart
Did you know
I was going with you?
Over the years
Is the tube rose still there?
How many times
Has that scene replayed
Through the memory's window?
Every time
I see a tube-rose
Or a rose
Or any other flower
I feel overwhelmed
By the fragrance
As it is not you or me
But the love
That filled the small tube rose.

Thursday, August 20, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: flower,love
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Anil Kumar Panda 21 August 2015

Cloyed with love the poem gives instant relief to a weary mind. A poem to remember for ever. Beauty.

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Bharati Nayak 21 August 2015

Thank you very much for your lovely comment.

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Sekharan Pookkat 21 August 2015

A beautifully stitched love poem -

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Bharati Nayak 21 August 2015

Thanks for your nice comment.

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Aranthabailu Ummar 25 August 2015

Oh I fell to my past losing my heart the words of lines scrolled me out to get my past what else left me to think again Oh blank my brain, paralysed the foot I cannot go back, all I got here Thanks for good work. If time permits I will write my critics later May peace & blessing of Allah with you

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Dr Dillip K Swain 23 October 2022

A unique poem. Lovely expression. Loved this endearing poem dear poetess. Top score and to my favourite! !

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Dr Dillip K Swain 29 January 2018

It’s an elegant piece of poetry! Very simple and lucid expression with a liquid movement from opening word to last word! I would love to quote a few fascinating lines of your poem: “I see a tube-rose/Or a rose/Or any other flower/I feel overwhelmed/By the fragrance”. Thanks for sharing!

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Valsa George 27 June 2017

That was a great gesture, the significance of which you must have understood only later.....! It was an exchange of hearts. Each time when you think of it, I am sure, it gives you a tingling sensation all over! Lovely memory!

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Queeny Gona 30 December 2016

Awesome read Mam, Wearing my heart on your heart! beautifully personified Ma'am.... very pleasant read to enjoy!

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Edward Kofi Louis 09 May 2016

The love that filled the small tube rose! Thanks for sharing this lovely poem with us.

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