Sheaf of Roses

In these luminous verses, the rose becomes something far more than a flower. It is memory's perfume, love's quiet testimony, and the sharp truth of beauty intertwined with loss. The poems move through seasons of the heart, celebrating the roses that mark our weddings, our funerals, our ordinary Tuesdays made extraordinary by their presence. Yet Gordon never shies from the thorns. There is grief here, and the ache of things that fade. These are poems that understand how a single bloom can hold an entire life: its passions, its tenderness, its inevitable prick. The language is accessible but never shallow, offering readers both comfort and the gentle sting of recognition. Whether writing of first love or last goodbyes, Gordon proves the rose has always been our most honest witness. This is a collection to keep on a bedside table, to return to when words for feeling somehow fail.