Moment by moment, petal by petal, my heart comes into full blossom.

Each fairy-petal blushed with June fire; the frail leaves were exquisitely green.

Fold the edges of the petal to meet at the lower end.

It was a work of astonishing delicacy, each petal perfect and distinct.

Put the vial under the lower petal, and simply tip the blossom.

Surprisingly, the rose petal and lotus leaf replicas manifest similar impact dynamics.

The top petal-theblue one-suddenlybroke into a seething wave of flame.

And then a hand soft as a falling petal touched his brow.

He shrugged his shoulders and put a torn-off petal between his teeth.

She gathered up the amber byne, all prickling quick and petal kind.

As she watched, a horsefly landed on a bright blue petal .

One afternoon, strolling through, she plucked a gardenia petal and ate it.

With her slender fingers, she grasped a petal and pulled it out.

She lacked the latter's lustrous pallor, the petal-like richness of Gheta's skin.

He is tiny and his skin is petal soft, pale like mine.

Hell, I still think all the rose petal business is woozily beautiful.