{"id":57016,"date":"2011-08-16T21:11:12","date_gmt":"2011-08-17T01:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/57016\/the-rose-wonderful-wednesday-guest-host-a-poetic-heart-jason\/"},"modified":"2011-08-16T21:11:12","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T01:11:12","slug":"the-rose-wonderful-wednesday-guest-host-a-poetic-heart-jason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/57016\/the-rose-wonderful-wednesday-guest-host-a-poetic-heart-jason\/","title":{"rendered":"“The Rose”-Wonderful Wednesday with Guest Host “A Poetic Heart” (Jason)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Welcome to Wonderful Wednesday!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

We’d like to extend a warm welcome to our <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

“Special Surprise Guest Host”<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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A Poetic Heart (Jason)<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/A_Poetic_Heart\/<\/font><\/p>\n

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Jason has dropped in to be our guest host and brings a lovely theme
\nTo inspire our poetic muse!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Today we ask you to write a poem about “The Rose” as a symbol.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Throughout history “The Rose” has come to represent far more then just a flower!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Of course “Passion” comes to mind first, but…there is so much more…<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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“I am the rose of Sharon, and the Lilly of the valleys.” (Solomon 2:1) – In Christianity<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

This is a reference to Christ himself. <\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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The Tudor Rose<\/strong> (sometimes called the Union Rose) is the traditional floral <\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

heraldic emblem of England takes its name and origins from the Tudor Dynasty.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

It became a symbol of unification and ending the War of the Roses<\/a> between the<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

House of Lancaster (whose badge was a red rose) and the<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

House of York (whose badge was a white rose).<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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The Rose symbolizes Immortal love in association with the Greek goddess Aphrodite.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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In Christianity a red rose with thorns represents Christ’s ultimate sacrifice.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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It even is a representation of “Secrets”<\/strong>. <\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

The term \u201csub rosa\u201d means under the rose<\/strong><\/em> and comes from <\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

The practice of Romans hanging roses above meeting tables. <\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Here it was understood that anything said at this table, beneath the hanging roses,<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

was forbidden <\/strong>to be repeated elsewhere.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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A Rose can be so much more then just a flower!<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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Today we ask that you think about a <\/strong>“Symbolic Rose<\/span>” <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

And write a poem about it!\u00a0 It can be any symbol<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

you choose as long as its done in good taste. You can be as <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Creative as you please!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Below is a song to help get you started!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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The Rose<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

By Bette Milder<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Some say love, it is a river that drowns the tender reed. <\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed.<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

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Some say love, it is a hunger <\/strong> an endless aching need. <\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

I say love, it is a flower and you its only seed.<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

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It’s the heart afraid of breaking <\/strong> that never learns to dance,<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s the dream afraid of waking, that never takes the chance. <\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s the one who won’t be taken, who cannot seem to give <\/strong><\/p>\n

And the soul afraid of dying, that never learns to live.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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When the night has been too lonely <\/strong> and the road has been too long, <\/strong><\/p>\n

And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/em> <\/em> <\/em> <\/em> <\/em> <\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

Just remember in the winter, far beneath the bitter snows <\/strong> <\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

lies the seed that with the sun’s love in the spring becomes the rose<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

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We thank you for stopping by and sharing your time and poetry with us!<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

We hope you enjoyed our blog.<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

Jason and crew!<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

Send us a heart if you liked our blog!<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

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Welcome to Wonderful Wednesday! We’d like to extend a warm welcome to our “Special Surprise Guest Host” A Poetic Heart (Jason) http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/A_Poetic_Heart\/ Jason has dropped in to be our guest host and brings a lovely theme To inspire our poetic muse! Today we ask you to write a poem about “The Rose” as a symbol. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}