{"id":3789,"date":"2023-11-27T20:55:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T00:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/?page_id=3789"},"modified":"2023-11-27T20:55:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T00:55:23","slug":"wild-flower","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/poetry-archive\/wild-flower\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Flower"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Wild Flower<\/h2>\n<p>Roodly Laurore &#8211; translated by Jerrice J. Baptiste<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pretty red rose of fragile roots<br \/>\nAlone on the side of a rock, exposed to the sun<br \/>\nSloping, radiant, and admirable<br \/>\nObeys will of the wind.<\/p>\n<p>Out of sight, out of mind<br \/>\nFeeds on morning dew<br \/>\nExceptional beauty<br \/>\nPleasant scent of a rare perfume.<\/p>\n<p>A curious person seeing<br \/>\nThis hidden treasure from afar<br \/>\nFallen under her irresistible spell<br \/>\nClimbs up to admire her on a rough road<br \/>\nHe fell three times.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth the pain<br \/>\nImpressive red rose.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Fleur Sauvage<\/h2>\n<p>Roodly Laurore<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jolie rose rouge de racines fragiles<br \/>\nSeule au flanc d&#8217;un rocher expos\u00e9e au soleil<br \/>\nInclin\u00e9e, rayonnante et admirable<br \/>\nOb\u00e9it \u00e0 la volont\u00e9 du vent.<\/p>\n<p>Loin des yeux, loin du coeur<br \/>\nNourrit de la ros\u00e9e du matin<br \/>\nD&#8217;une beaut\u00e9 exceptionnelle<br \/>\nAgr\u00e9able \u00e0 l&#8217;odorat d&#8217;un parfum rare.<\/p>\n<p>Un curieux voyant de loin ce tr\u00e9sor cach\u00e9<br \/>\nTomb\u00e9 sous son charme irr\u00e9sistible<br \/>\nS&#8217;avan\u00e7ant jusqu&#8217;\u00e0 lui pour l&#8217;admirer<br \/>\nSur une route accident\u00e9e tomb\u00e9 trois fois.<\/p>\n<p>Cela vaut la peine d&#8217;accepter de souffrir<br \/>\nLa rose rouge est impressionnante.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4013 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1188\/2023\/11\/Roodly-Laurore-Photo-blue-shirt-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"A man smiling looking forward \" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1188\/2023\/11\/Roodly-Laurore-Photo-blue-shirt-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1188\/2023\/11\/Roodly-Laurore-Photo-blue-shirt-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1188\/2023\/11\/Roodly-Laurore-Photo-blue-shirt.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Roodly Laurore<\/strong> is an engineer and poet. His poems are published &amp; forthcoming in <em>Spirit Fire Review, Taos Journal of Poetry, Kosmos Journal, Autism Parenting Magazine, Solstice Literary Magazine, The New Verse News, Synchronized Chaos, Jerry Jazz Musician<\/em>, and others. Roodly loves the art of writing poetry in French and Haitian Creole.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4014 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1188\/2023\/11\/Jerrice-Black-White-Photo-e1701061085312-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"A woman looking forward with one hand on her hips and smiling\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Jerrice J. Baptiste<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is an author of eight books. She is extensively published in journals and magazines: <em>Artemis Journal, The Yale Review, Mantis, The Dewdrop, The Banyan Review<\/em>, and others. She has been nominated as Best of The Net by <em>Blue Stem<\/em> for 2022. She enjoys playing the role of translator.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wild Flower Roodly Laurore &#8211; translated by Jerrice J. Baptiste &nbsp; Pretty red rose of fragile roots Alone on the side of a rock, exposed to the sun Sloping, radiant, <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/poetry-archive\/wild-flower\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6626,"featured_media":0,"parent":1261,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3789"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6626"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3789"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4340,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3789\/revisions\/4340"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}