PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
One co-worker gawks. “That’s your anniversary present?”
Another snickers. “How many years did you say you’ve been married?”
“Fifteen,” I answer, admittedly a bit embarrassed. I open the card from my husband.
The beauty of roses
fades with time
But two hearts still green,
Will grow and climb
While love, like ivy, wraps around us
I can’t think of a rhyme, so instead I’ll just
Move on to Crystal and what it means
Our love still sparkles, even at fifteen,
Multi-faceted, and I have a hunch
It’ll always hold a delightful punch.
Even the gawker swoons.
THE END
I am NOT a poet. 🙂 Still, it was fun to come up with something for Rochelle’s interesting and challenging photo prompt. Click the “froggy” button to read more creative stories on this week’s prompt by multi-faceted, multi-talented Friday Fictioneers.
Jan Morrill Writes 
That kind of punch, right? Not the other kind
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Only the most delightful kind of punch, Neil. 🙂
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Dear Jan,
The poem made me swoon, too. Sounds like something a husband in love with his wife might write. Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you, Rochelle. Steve, in fact, is a beautiful poet. I’ve been after him to gather his poems together for me to publish a book for him. I’d call it, “Why I Married Him.” 🙂
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This is lovely. You may be a poet after all.
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Thank you, Josh. I much prefer writing haiku, but couldn’t quite get everything into seventeen syllables. 🙂
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That’s really entertaining, Jan! It’s also rather touching – well done!
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Thank you, Penny. Yours, too, was very touching. And sad. 😦
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Aw, thanks, Jan!
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I went with the fifteenth anniversary crystal too, but without the romance! Very romantic.
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Yes, but yours was powerful and poignant at the same time, Iain.
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How lovely!
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Thank you, Linda!
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Aww! What an old romantic he is!
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He tries to be anyway! Thank you! 🙂
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Lovely. You’re clearly a poet and you don’t know it!
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Haha! Thank you, Keith!
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So romantic!
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Thank you!
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Simply delightful! Gifts don’t have to cost a lot to be of high value!
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True, Clare. The best gifts are those from the heart!
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Awww this is so sweet, Jan! Absolutely enjoyed reading it. 🙂
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I’m glad you liked it, Kasturi! Thank you for reading!
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Not a poet? I beg to differ.
I know I am swooning… big time. What woman would not absolutely love a man who writes such beautiful notes?
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Oh wow! Thank you, Dale!
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It’s the thought that counts in the end… sometimes this is the truth
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Yes, it’s truly the thought. (Although I may not have agreed to that in my younger days.) 🙂
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YAY. Good hubby
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A true romantic, StuHn! 🙂
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Yes, I’ve often been accused of that. Now to find someone who I can actualize that.
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You’re a poet, and you gotta know it! I loved this, it was so cute!
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Thank you, Cheney! 🙂
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AWESOME take on the photo prompt!!
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Thank you, Donna! A real challenge this week!
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That was real sweet poetry! 🙂
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Thank you, darknetizen. Usually, the only poetry I attempt is haiku, so this was outside my comfort zone. 🙂
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You have good skills even outside your comfort zone then! 🙂
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You are a poet and you don’t know it! Absolutely beautiful
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Thanks, again, Keith! 🙂
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