Remontant: A Poem

re·mon·tant

–adjective

1. (of certain roses) blooming more than once in a season.

–noun
2. a remontant rose

May blooms so new she still blushes at the attention,

Yet first frenzied flush of flowering already fades,

Sere calyxes bereft of glory.

The catalog assures, "R - repeat bloomer,"

Remontant:

Time to deadhead, then,

Sharp shears in sure hands

Nipping just above a growth bud,

Spurring spent shrub to sprout new stems,

To bloom again,

Bloom much,

Bloom longer.

The wound but paves the way for glory.
       ~crm, 5/6/11

"I am the true vine, and My Father is the vineyard keeper. Every branch in Me that does not produce fruit He removes, and He prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit. My Father is glorified by this: that you produce much fruit and prove to be My disciples" (John 15:1-2,8, HCSB).

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