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This is a bright spot in a serious story, a guest room scented by roses crushed into water to release...

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The lovely opening line of this poem by William Carlos Williams creates a...

The rose garden of Moonacre has an arbour and heart-shaped rose-beds. And if that sounds a little over top, wait...

Something touching about the 'half-blown', that moment in a rose's beauty when it is heavy with the weight of its...

A curious tree for a Biblical era village, since the poplar isn't a tree you associate with the region. And...

One of Rilke's translators used this surprising and touching metaphor to describe him. I like the idea of being -...

This refers to a dreamed of rain of rose-coloured petals, part of an extravagant historical fantasy Leigh Fermor indulges, imagining...

What makes for a promised land? Name the elements you would choose. This one has three timeless components, and is...

When humans fail you, dogs and roses remain, which has the advantage of simplifying the business of living and stripping...