Jack Ross Knutson




The Quiet Fever of Wild Roses

Wild roses need no memory
They weave their today of history
Yesterday’s petals bloom in red
In the now of moment forever said
Blood in her wine, moon of stone
The rose vine grows body and bone
Profligate caster of sweet scent
She redeems the sins of my hell bent
Life’s window of borrowed time
Is smiled and affirmed by her colored rhyme