A rose called Afternoon Delight
Recalls love, perhaps a person
But the good Baroness Rothschild
And her erstwhile husband, Baron
With roses, we commemorate
Their wealth and rank of State
With both hybrid and heritage
Bush Rose’s names and image
But who was the Beautiful Girl
Who Floribunda Betty Cuthbert
Perhaps a very Blushing Knockout
Or a Brilliant Pink Iceberg
Be we infamous or famous
Will a rose one day recall us…
© Andrew Wilson, 2026
Over at dVerse Poets Pub, merrildsmith in Poetics invites us to celebrate the names of roses, a long list of which you can find here (from which the photos are taken).
Hi Andrew, thank you for adding your poem. An interesting question at the end.
In the prompt, I did state you should NOT to use the word, rose. 😊
Sorry! I was very rushed this week and didn’t read it properly…