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Give her one perfect rose. That’s a start. Next time, make it a limousine. This is a fun witty card.
What does it mean to send a single rose?
The basic meaning is a simple one. This is a beautiful rose, and so are you.
Q. Are there other meanings carried by it being a single flower?
A. Yes. One meaning is that I am devoted to you and no other, or more generally, this is about us, not anyone else. A single elegant flower emphasizes the message. Anyone can send a bouquet, but it takes a special person to send a single flower.
Dorothy Parker:
“One Perfect Rose”
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.
Dorothy Parker was an American poet who also worked as a critic and satirist. She is well-remembered for her witty writing and her ability to point out the absurd foibles of contemporary society. During the 1920s, she published around 300 poems in publications like Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.
The poem One Perfect Rose was published in Parker’s 1926 volume Enough Rope. This book includes numerous poems that shed light on Parker’s emotionally turbulent life and her various relationships and experiences. In the poem, she speaks on themes of relationships, their meaning, and depth, as well as the truth of love.
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