Untitled -- Tanith Lee

Guest poem sent in by Catherine Pegg , as part
of the "poetry by authors" theme

(Poem #1366) Untitled A rose by any other name Would get the blame For being what it is - The colour of a kiss, The shadow of a flame. A rose may earn another name, So call it love; So call it love I will, And love is like the sea, Which changes constantly, And yet is still The same. -- Tanith Lee

Commentary:

One of the things that I admire about Tanith Lee is her versatility.  Her work
(mostly prose) ranges from science fiction, through fairy tales,
sword-and-sorcery, gothic horror to these beautiful little fantasy stories.
Some of the themes that crop up in her work are: Little Red Riding Hood,
vampires, re-incarnation, male-female gender politics, sexual ambiguity, the
odd bit of humour, philosophy, theology ...  While I find some of her horror a
bit dark, all of her work that I have read is carefully crafted, with
wonderfully lush visual images and strong plots.

She also does poetry.

This poem comes from one of my favourite novels, 'The Silver Metal Lover', a
love story.

Catherine

Biography:
  http://www.daughterofthenight.com/tlbio.html