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Earthy Love

We danced like dappled light through swaying trees our golden embers stoked by panting breeze in bed of canterbury red and phlox. As lusty wooing coos did float through morn love sounds of seventh heaven Sol did scorn; with scents and flames of burning equinox, our passion dimmed the jealous sun with ease. Susan Ashley June 24, 2018 ~ First Place ~ Contest: Best Rhyming Poem April-July 15, 2018 Sponsor: John Hamilton ~ Fifth Place ~ Contest:End June 2018 Premiere Sponsor: Brian Strand *red canterbury bells* - symbolizes deep romantic love, passion *phlox* - Latin from Greek: flame; a plant of glowing color

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Barbara Barry-Nishanian

Date: 7/17/2018 5:24:00 PM

'stoked with panting breeze'..I can imagine. Lovely poem, short and sweet.

Susan Ashley
Date: 7/17/2018 9:49:00 PM

Thank you, Barbara, it's so nice to hear from you.. thank you for your lovely comments and for the kindness of your wonderful visit.. I'm pleased you enjoyed! Warmest wishes always.. ~Susan

Susan Gentry

Date: 7/13/2018 6:56:00 PM

Back to congratulate you again on your win again with this well-written elegant poem. Well done!

Susan Ashley
Date: 7/13/2018 9:06:00 PM

Thank you Susan, for the kindness of return visit and for your heartwarming congrats. Your lovely thoughts are fully appreciated. Warmest wishes always my friend.. ~Susan

Eve Roper

Date: 7/13/2018 6:14:00 PM

Congratulations on your awesome, Susan win. .... Hugs Eve

Susan Ashley
Date: 7/13/2018 6:25:00 PM

Eve, your visit is a delight as are your beautiful comments and kind congrats. Warmest wishes my wonderful friend.. ~Susan

Constance La France

Date: 7/13/2018 7:41:00 AM

Susan, congratulations on your top win with this beautifully written poem

Susan Ashley
Date: 7/13/2018 6:24:00 PM

Thank you, Broken Wings, for the kindness of your lovely comments and heartwarming congrats. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib

Date: 7/12/2018 3:41:00 PM

Mo Love! <3

Susan Ashley
Date: 7/13/2018 6:23:00 PM

Thank you, my lovely.. Your presence here always delights! Warmest wishes always.. ~Susan <3

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 7/12/2018 1:50:00 PM

This poem is so lovely Susan. Congratulations on your deserving first placement! : )

Susan Ashley
Date: 7/13/2018 6:22:00 PM

Connie, your presence here is always so uplifting and inspiring. Thank you for your wonderful comments and heartwarming congrats. Warmest wishes always my lovely friend. ~Susan

Cole Banner

Date: 7/12/2018 9:56:00 AM

Very good. A concise, flowing piece... CB

Susan Ashley
Date: 7/13/2018 6:19:00 PM

Thank you Cole, for your appreciation of my poem and for the kindness of your visit. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan

John Hamilton

Date: 7/12/2018 9:16:00 AM

Another win Susan, I was pretty sure this was you, your singular style gives you away, congrats on a shared top win!

Susan Ashley
Date: 7/13/2018 6:18:00 PM

John, thank you for the honor of my placement in your wonderful contest. Your sponsorship is most appreciated as are your lovely comments and heartwarming congrats. Warmest wishes to you always my friend.. ~Susan

Line Gauthier

Date: 7/10/2018 10:36:00 PM

Congrats on your win, Susan.

Susan Ashley
Date: 7/10/2018 10:54:00 PM

Thank you so much, Line for your kind congrats. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan

Al Juman

Date: 7/9/2018 10:39:00 PM

superb write my dear I love it

Susan Ashley
Date: 7/10/2018 3:20:00 PM

I bask in the glow of your warmhearted comments, Al. Thank you for the kindness of your visit and your treasured thoughts. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan

Al Juman

Date: 7/8/2018 10:20:00 AM

This is ascetic write my dear. Love the composure

Susan Ashley
Date: 7/8/2018 12:31:00 PM

Thank you Al, for your lovely appreciation of my poem. I delight in your visit and your kindness. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan

Vladislav Raven

Date: 7/4/2018 7:24:00 AM

Hi Susan, as you see i am just back, a belated congratulations on your win. This is such an elegantly beautiful poem. So gentle the ways of love and you sing so well such moments in your poetry. Your heart sings so easily in this piece. It brings peace to the heart of the reader. Such beautiful content. Have a wonderful Wednesday. Hugs....Mike. XX

Susan Ashley
Date: 7/4/2018 10:41:00 AM

Dear Mike, thank you for your generous appreciation for my poem. I'm so pleased you enjoyed it and your precious thoughts add value to my write. It's always such a pleasure to hear from you and I relish your kindness and your beautiful comments. Warmest wishes my lovely friend.. ~Susan

Arturo Michael

Date: 7/3/2018 11:09:00 PM

A burning passion welcomes the morning ... Although a jealous Sol is behaving with revenge lately... Enjoy your day tomorrow ... All the best to you always my dear friend....

Susan Ashley
Date: 7/4/2018 10:38:00 AM

Yes, my wonderful friend, Arturo, love and jealousy together in the passionate arms of their eternal dance.. seems like you can't have one without some of the other.. Thank you for sharing your lovely comments with me, mon ami. Warmest wishes always.. ~Susan

Agnes Krampe

Date: 7/1/2018 4:33:00 PM

Congrats on your win with this lovely poem, Susan.

Susan Ashley
Date: 7/1/2018 10:55:00 PM

I relish your kind congrats and your lovely comments, Agnes. Thank you for your precious thoughts. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan

Arthur Vaso

Date: 6/30/2018 9:35:00 PM

very very beautiful, I quite enjoyed the read!

Susan Ashley
Date: 7/1/2018 10:54:00 PM

I relish your beautiful comments Arthur. Thank you for your heartwarming words and wonderful visit. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan

Gregory Richard Barden

Date: 6/29/2018 2:26:00 AM

So sensual and romantic, and done with an imagery and phrasing, exquisite! Congrats on your win with this wonderful gem, Susan - love it! :-) <3

Susan Ashley
Date: 6/29/2018 1:52:00 PM

Thank you Gregory, for your lovely comments and heartwarming congrats. I'm so pleased you enjoyed my poem. Warmest wishes always my friend.. ~Susan

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib

Date: 6/28/2018 3:21:00 PM

Hot stuff! So good. Congratulations on your win! xomo :)

Susan Ashley
Date: 6/29/2018 1:50:00 PM

Thank you so much, Maureen, for your wonderful comments, congrats and for your kindness, my lovely! Warmest wishes always.. ~Susan

Susan Gentry

Date: 6/28/2018 12:16:00 PM

Congratulations on your win. This is so elegantly beautiful!!

Susan Ashley
Date: 6/29/2018 1:50:00 PM

Thank you Susan for your beautiful comments and for the kindness of your congrats. Warmest wishes my friend.. ~Susan

Gershon Wolf

Date: 6/27/2018 2:08:00 PM

Entering once again the Tropic of Cancer to congratulate you on your win in the contest… Need a quick flight home before the panting breezes ensnare me in bed of canterbury---and God knows what else---red! … All aboard!...

Susan Ashley
Date: 6/29/2018 1:58:00 PM

Lol! Thank you, my witty friend, for the smile and for your heartwarming congrats. I hope you made it home safe and sound, Gershon :)) Warmest wishes always, my dear friend.. ~Susan

Dale Gregory Cozart

Date: 6/27/2018 1:50:00 PM

Luscious words and imagery. Congrats.

Susan Ashley
Date: 6/29/2018 1:58:00 PM

Thank you Dale for your lovely comments and heartwarming congrats. Warmest wishes always.. ~Susan

Besma Riabi Dziri

Date: 6/27/2018 12:08:00 PM

"Earthy Love" with a celestial scent tickling our very senses! A read that warms the heart and spills a great joy into the soul! I like your genuine endeavours to embrace uniqueness in terms of words, imagery and imagination! A voice of refined poetry that fills me with a serene music! A tremendous pleasure to read your beauties always dear Susan.. my love and hugs. Stay safe and blessed always .

Susan Ashley
Date: 6/29/2018 2:10:00 PM

My dearest friend, Besma, your delightful presence uplifts and fills me with joy and appreciation for your genuinely lovely comments that flow with poetic grace from your beautiful heart. I am so very pleased that you enjoyed my poem and many thanks for sharing your divine thoughts with me. Your precious words and thoughts add value to my poetry my wonderful friend. Love and hugs to you and warmest wishes always.. ~Susan

Judith S

Date: 6/27/2018 10:49:00 AM

My dear N.E. friend ... I'm so happy to have stumbled on this piece today. You are just a step above ... an amazing poetess indeed! Imagery that is out of this world! I immediately fell in love with the first line and the vision it paints in my mind. Just ... brilliant writing!!!! xo ~Judy

Susan Ashley
Date: 6/29/2018 2:21:00 PM

It is such a pleasure to hear from you, Judy. Thank you for the wonderful visit and for your bright and beautiful comments. Your presence is always so uplifting and many thanks for sharing your precious thoughts with me. Stay cool my dear N.E. friend.. ~Susan

Gershon Wolf

Date: 6/26/2018 11:21:00 PM

Here I am in La-la land. Trying to figure out for what those mysterious letters stand. … I guess that'll have to await a soupmail date, eh? ~ Fate(fully) yours, Mr. Naked Pate (at least in my picture next to this bling-bling).

Susan Ashley
Date: 6/29/2018 2:18:00 PM

Oh silly Mr. Pate, or, err, Naked.. lol! The answers to the mysterious letters are right under your nose.. or... this comment.. lol! S-T-N: Second to None, Q-R-Q: Queen of the Romantic Quill, but the really tough one is C-C-C-C: Cleverest Cat in Culver City (from your reply to one of my comments on your poem 'He'd Have Been a Star'... and voila! Mystery solved :))

Gershon Wolf

Date: 6/25/2018 7:12:00 PM

So, this is a septilla! I wasn't sure whether it was steaming passion piece or a Picasso-like cubist masterpiece---what with line 7 rhyming with line 2---think 'Guernica,' but about love instead of death. Either way, Susan, my S-T-N, the drumbeat of the tropics beckons me!!! You ARE the Queen of the Romantic Quill! Best always, Gershon

Susan Ashley
Date: 6/26/2018 10:28:00 PM

Lol! Nobody but nobody can leave thought provoking and smile inducing comments like you, my fine arts loving, friend. I love your thought; 'think 'Guernica', but about love instead of death' - your mind is a wonderland! :)) I cherish your precious thoughts and I want to bottle the essence of your awesomeness (and dab a little behind each ear.. lol!), my friend. Warmest wishes to you.. ~Susan S-T-N and Q-R-Q and the C-C-C-C! (see if you remember and figure that one out! lol!) :))

Nette Onclaud

Date: 6/25/2018 4:04:00 PM

flawless in its imagery, susan... a winner it is... huggs

Susan Ashley
Date: 6/26/2018 10:19:00 PM

I relish your winning comments, Nette. Your kindness is appreciated as much as your lovely charm. Warmest wishes always.. ~Susan