The Ignorant Rose Comments

I hope this is an isolated incident Herbert, one poor rose, what a way to go, with the odour it was probably dead before it 'hit'! Asphyxiated! Zapped! What a sad poem. Love Ernestine XXX

Witty anti-'romanticising' of traditional symbol of beauty and perfection. People are a lot like your roses, Herbert, namely ignorant, shortsighted, self-centred (some people, anyway) , ...and all too vulnerable.

This is a great poem Herbert............an interesting ''lesson'' here as well. Wonderful work as usual. :) Sincerely, Mary