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"One Perfect Rose"

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Group:A Thousand Words
Swap Coordinator:Nnyla (contact)
Swap categories: Themed  Letters & Writing  Photography 
Number of people in swap:3
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:September 9, 2017
Date items must be sent by:September 30, 2017
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

Are you familiar with Dorothy Parker's humorous poem, "One Perfect Rose" in which she sort of spurns the gift of one perfect rose? Read the poem (below) and then choose ONE of the objects mentioned in the poem to photograph and send the photo to your partner. It can even be "one perfect rose!"

Feel free to use a photo from your stash, but it must be your own photo. Print professionally or on photo paper on a high quality photo printer. Make it a postcard or a notecard. Have a little fun and write a note to your swap partner about THE gift you would LOVE to receive from your significant other (other than the single rose). Then, send on its way.

A single flow'r he sent me, since we met.
All tenderly his messenger he chose;
Deep-hearted, pure, with scented dew still wet -
One perfect rose.

I knew the language of the floweret;
'My fragile leaves,' it said, 'his heart enclose.'
Love long has taken for his amulet
One perfect rose.

Why is it no one ever sent me yet
One perfect limousine, do you suppose?
Ah no, it's always just my luck to get
One perfect rose.

"One Perfect Rose" photo from: Jackie Brenner Photography. Coincidentally, she also features Parker's poem with her roses. Cool!

Note: I hosted this swap five years ago as a "quick postcard" swap.

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