Friday 17 December 2010

The best perfume (for Poets United)

You can try and bottle up
The finest aromas
Mix it with the scent
Of high diplomas
Add the fragrance
Of money and success 
But money cannot buy
The beautiful smell
Of a life lived fully
A life lived well

8 comments:

  1. Dani, I love how you symbolized a period in time.
    How the scent of our youthful desires can change as the smell of live allures us~ Well Done!

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  2. Agreed - great addition to this prompt.

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  3. It can't be preserved intentionally, but it can suddenly return at an unexpected time and prove utterly overwhelning!

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  4. Dani,
    It is always a joy of a life fully lived and lived well. Great poem!

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  5. Wonderful take on this...a life fully lived thank you..bkm

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  6. Nice poem. A life fully lived is happiness. A life fully lived is all the smells in the world.

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  7. Interesting take on the prompt....a life lived fully and well.......good one.

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