Summer's Love Lost

You brought me a translucence 
of amber for my burnished bouquet.
Love was an ebullience of golden wheat,
our laughter a resplendence of sunflowers.

Original poem:  A Resplendence of Sunflowers, posted 5/17/17
Liberum Divisa Contest
Sponsor:  Gregory R. Barden
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Dietrich Avatar
May 28, 2019 at 5:48 PM
Absolutely gorgeous, Dale. Big congrats for you.
Cozart Avatar
May 28, 2019 at 7:25 PM
Thanks, Andrea.
Marcum Wong Avatar
May 24, 2019 at 3:29 PM
Dale, After reading this beauty I felt compelled to look up the poem this excerpt came from. What a beauty it is! I had to fave it. Congratulations on your win! : )
Cozart Avatar
May 24, 2019 at 4:03 PM
Thank you, Connie.
Roper Avatar
May 24, 2019 at 2:19 PM
Beautiful verse, congratulations on your 3rd place win. Hugs Eve
Allison Avatar
May 2, 2019 at 5:53 PM
a stunning stanza that stands alone as a poem in its own right, I think Greg will like this one Dale:-) hugs jan xx
Cozart Avatar
May 2, 2019 at 8:40 PM
Thanks so much, Jan.
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