Fertile Spring

Lover #1

cherry tree blossoms
sweet scented perfume distilled
your lush fruit revealed
  
  Lover #2

rutting buck rattles  
virile stag catches sweet scent
drifts through fertile fronds
nubile does snuggle closer
suitor fondles coy lover
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Brown Avatar
March 14, 2011 at 5:52 AM
Congratulations on your win Stephen in Debbie Guzzi's contest "Love Talks". Love, Carol
Neels Avatar
March 14, 2011 at 4:59 AM
Congratulations on your win in Debbie's contest Stephen :)
Pettit Avatar
March 13, 2011 at 5:45 PM
Congratulations on winning in Deb's contest. This is a great pairing of haiku and tanka.
Freeman Avatar
March 13, 2011 at 12:58 PM
Beautiful job Stephen, it is wonderful to see you at the top with this worthy honor in fourth place honorable win, Agaape, Moses
Gorelick Avatar
March 13, 2011 at 12:32 PM
Congrats to you..its all about love..sigh. BG
Mehta Avatar
March 13, 2011 at 11:41 AM
Congratulations on the fourth place win in the contest of Debbie, Stephen
Sweetheart Avatar
March 12, 2011 at 7:25 PM
Congrats Stephen on your super win in Love Talk contest with awesome dialogue between the lovers luv.. enjoy another great chart topping win with luv..
Devonshire Avatar
March 12, 2011 at 4:11 PM
Great use of illiteration -- just enough. The first verse is great and the second one is absolutely fabulous, Stephen. Love those last two lines!! Congratulations on your win. Love, Carolyn
Johnson Avatar
March 12, 2011 at 3:57 PM
Congratulations on your poetry and win, Stephen. Love, joyce
Dietrich Avatar
March 12, 2011 at 3:49 PM
oops, sorry, t was fourth, but almost same thing!
Dietrich Avatar
March 12, 2011 at 3:48 PM
Hey, I saw this just last night and here it is at third place. WAY TO GO, Stephen!!!
Dietrich Avatar
March 11, 2011 at 10:48 PM
very "nature"al and GREAT title for it!
Carr Avatar
March 10, 2011 at 8:14 AM
awhh ,, i love these kind of poems nature is a great way to express feeling and i get the vibe that this poem is about young love like spring ,, very well written :)
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