Multiflora Rose

Rosa multiflora


"a rose is a rose"

Think of
hedgerows and thickets
copses and
overgrown fence.
The domain of rabbits
chipmunks
catbirds and wrens.
Beware the sharp thorns,
beware the hornet's nest,
beware the poison sumac,
ivy, and oak.
An impenetrable tangle
of bramble and vine,
a temperate zone jungle,
but a scent divine.