A Summer Couplet

Let's build a quiet fire beside the sleeping brook tonight
and lie beneath the stars to watch the sparks rise out of sight.


Written: 6/9/2013
For Andrea's "Lovin' Summer" contest
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013


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Date: 7/7/2013 10:53:00 AM
loving your summer couplet :-) CONGRATULATIONS -in Andrea, contest!!! Take Care *xox* Linda
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Date: 7/1/2013 6:27:00 PM
Heather a fabulous image with this summer couplet. Congratulations on your well deserve win. Warm Smiles, Connie
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Date: 7/1/2013 4:49:00 PM
lovely! congrats on your win!
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Date: 7/1/2013 3:30:00 PM
Ahhh!!! Romantic winning work..Congrats on your win..Sara
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Date: 6/30/2013 5:05:00 PM
very evocative, heather, as you invariably are, paints a lovely picture of a peaceful summer night, great rhythm and flow too, congrats on your win :)
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Date: 6/30/2013 4:19:00 PM
Romantic and peaceful! Congrats on your win, Heather! Love, Kim
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Date: 6/30/2013 2:43:00 PM
Congrad's on your win. Light & Love
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Date: 6/29/2013 11:42:00 PM
This is very lovely, Heather...Congratulations on a very fine win!
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Date: 6/29/2013 6:42:00 PM
I find your entry so captivating. Perfect in every way... Makes me crave marshmallows.... Congrats on a seriously crafted entry... Jake
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Date: 6/29/2013 3:02:00 PM
Heather,amazing. Congratulations in Andrea's steaming hot summer couplet contest... what else could we ask for -the constant reminder of the hottest season that wonders through my Texas Sky. <3<3<3 ~SKAT~
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Date: 6/29/2013 1:12:00 PM
Congrats Heather on your win in the contest.Beautiful romantic couplet.
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Date: 6/29/2013 1:01:00 PM
Oh, I have done this very thing......as a camper, and an outdoor girl, I love a campfire at night......as the sparks light up the sky! Lovely vision.....lovely poem!! Congratulations!
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Date: 6/29/2013 8:39:00 AM
I should have known one of my favorites did this one. It's so lovely and romantic. Congrats on your win. Almost gave this number one spot!
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Date: 6/29/2013 8:23:00 AM
young dreams. Congratulations on this memory. Love, Joyce
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Date: 6/29/2013 7:02:00 AM
Very nicely done!! Very inviting!!! Congrats on your win...Jim
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Date: 6/29/2013 3:13:00 AM
Lovely image Heather. Loved it....Seren P.s. loved the comment to Mandy, I did reply on it lol....S
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Date: 6/11/2013 8:40:00 PM
Beautiful....love campfires. You captured the essense of summer well....
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Date: 6/11/2013 7:57:00 AM
I like this image, I have a sudden urge to go camping.
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Date: 6/10/2013 6:48:00 PM
A delightful poem with striking imagery that makes me want to linger in a perfect scene of summer serenity. :)
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Date: 6/10/2013 4:04:00 PM
A besutiful imagery you have created..a serene spot indeed
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Date: 6/10/2013 11:00:00 AM
Sounds perfect! Am I invited? I see you also have a flawless rhythm combined with a smooth flow of words and thoughts. Definitely the real stuff!
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Date: 6/10/2013 7:23:00 AM
I'm there. I'm not lovin' summer, but I'm lovin' this couplet...my kind of place! I haven't seen this contest...going to check it out.
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