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Young Love

When he spoke of his love, the words flew from his lips like silver butterflies in the morning sun And when she heard he was speaking of her, she shuddered and giggled with girlish laughter, while the pink blossoms on the trees in the May garden caught the wind and were blown to her feet... And it was during that summer that the lovers lie beneath the aspens which rustled like crinolines of ladies at an afternoon tea as fingers of breezes played with their hair as entwined they lie on the green bank of Avon while overhead a flock of white doves flew up and wrote the names of the raven haired girl and the golden locked boy in the heavenly blue sky, as they peacefully slept in each other's arms...

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Date: 5/20/2009 2:45:00 PM
Wooow! As I was reading your poem, I can't avoid to remember the past 30 plus of my life...lol. Yes, yesterday when i was young. Thank you for sharing. Ernilando
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Date: 5/10/2009 3:08:00 PM
Dreamy days in the summer sun, with a handsome guy and his honeybun, its koolio, James
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Date: 5/9/2009 4:40:00 PM
An idyll of serene pleausre ... majestic talent. Love it
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Date: 5/3/2009 3:32:00 PM
Oh, how I love the image of these young lovers in the shade of the summer breeze....like watching a lovely scene from an English movie....beautifully done! ~ Carrie
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