The Shadow Of The rose and Other Poems

By Frederick Hansen-Bell

This volume is a thematic exposition of love, the seasons and life experiences. The elegant sonnets and poems captured within are testament to the poet's trials and tribulations of love and love's wit.  I have bestowed the great honour of the title of this humble to my keenest tragedy; The Shadow of the Rose

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mizen Publishing
• Release date: Jan 1, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386067573

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This volume of poetry is dedicated in its entirety to the virtue of love, and those who are swift to resonate it. I have been resolute in writing this poetry to reconcile my own conflicting feelings of love and depression, the pair of which I have often suffered, with what can perhaps be described as the ideal sentiment of love.

I have bestowed the great honour of the title of this humble to my keenest tragedy; The Shadow of the Rose.

This volume, and indeed the poems herein contained do not profess to be revolutionary, although as far as poetry goes; revolution is often a worthy accomplice of the former. Instead, this volume esteems itself for its honesty and its testament in scribing the bitter sufferings of the heart and is written for the sole purpose of allowing people to gain a fresh and compelling perspective on love captured in each verse.

Although I would be eager somewhat to express my inspiration for each poem and sonnet, it would suffice to say that there are those who unwittingly inspired me to write these poems. These people, some entirely positive beings, and others, shallow and negative, have been principally involved in defining who I am today and notwithstanding my experiences with