Love Poem: The Age of Summer Love
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Written by: Susan Ashley

The Age of Summer Love

Our summer love began in Gemini 
with sultry eves of wooing escapades,
and as the moon did swoon as it drew nigh
my lust you stirred with strumming serenades.

Romance as rich as black queen tulip skies
adorned with precious gems of bijou light,
before they’d lose their lustre to sunrise
you’d shower me with diamonds of the night.

Impassioned kisses filled my sails with love,
a rhumba full of rapture neath the stars
with rhythmic teasing, undulations of
unbridled flame of Venus and my Mars.

The time of Libra brings a cool to days ~
still, autumn love sets aging leaves ablaze.


Susan Ashley 
May 15, 2018


~ First Place ~
Contest: Summer Love Sonnet
Sponsor: John Hamilton


*(Black) Queen of Night Tulip: a velvety deep maroon-black tulip*