an Ode of impressions. The Soul of the Rose, also known as My Sweet Rose, painted in 1908 by John William Waterhouse. Oh, Life And it’s grasping venomous tentacles, Nectar sweetening our lips, Snow-capped evergreens of a winter which lasts e’re long– (yet they scintillate persistently). Music of falling embers, A ripening desert blossom, Mouth besmeared with … Continue reading Life