Monday, August 5, 2013

Honeysuckle Summer




Love poems tucked away 
in your tackle box.
Love poems engraved on your skin.
At dawn the house exhales,
as I inhale your breath.
You walk through fire with me,
you dance through the storm with me.
You give me honeysuckle in an empty
Coca Cola bottle,
just like that summer in the Hamptons
long ago.
You whispered tales
and secrets of your childhood
enchanted summers.
I marveled at the stained glass windows
on the charming little church down the road,
by the graveyard.
The sun nurtured us
and caressed our bare skin
and yellow flowers in
an empty soda can
were a gift I treasured
because you loved me.



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28 comments:

  1. Brian MillerAugust 5, 2013 at 8:13 AM

    smiles...i am a sucker for a good love poem...this made me smile...love the love notes in the tackle box and on the skin, the honeysuckle in a coke can...these are the little things that feed that love and keep it alive and well, to me...

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  2. Pat HattAugust 5, 2013 at 11:20 AM

    The little things are what surely count

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  3. steveroniAugust 5, 2013 at 3:00 PM

    Ayala, you wrote (to him)
    "...because you love me."

    Your own words in this poem,
    written "...because YOU love HE!"

    How sweet, how dear
    is LOVE...sincere!

    PEACE and LIGHT...and love.

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  4. Jennifer WagnerAugust 6, 2013 at 2:41 AM

    I love this reminiscing. A wonderful walk through a sweet love. And your final line is perfect!

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  5. Rudri Bhatt Patel @ Being RudriAugust 6, 2013 at 4:33 PM

    Sentimental and nostalgic. Loved these uplifting words.

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  6. LeslieAugust 6, 2013 at 5:36 PM

    oh, it's wonderful to have someone who walks through the storms with you...

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  7. GraceAugust 6, 2013 at 6:27 PM

    How sweet, I love it ~ Smiles ~

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  8. MaryAugust 6, 2013 at 6:40 PM

    This poem is testament to your relationship. Beautiful.

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  9. enthusiastically, dawnAugust 6, 2013 at 8:18 PM

    So romantic, and sweet- reminiscent of the little things appreciated. What really matters, yes? Simply lovely.

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  10. zouxzouxAugust 6, 2013 at 8:34 PM

    Ayala, this is so sweet, so confident, so personal. Thank you for sharing. Sometimes we forget....

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  11. TruedessaAugust 6, 2013 at 9:24 PM

    lovely..notes tucked away in a tackle box..and yellow flowers so romantic..

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  12. mrs mediocrityAugust 6, 2013 at 10:29 PM

    The very, very best kind of gifts. Just lovely.

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  13. UnknownAugust 7, 2013 at 5:05 AM

    The description of the love tokens has me smiling...lovely.

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  14. kaykualaAugust 7, 2013 at 5:31 AM

    Beautiful attestations to good feelings. Little things will mean a lot to those dear to us! Nicely ayala!

    Hank

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  15. AnonymousAugust 7, 2013 at 6:28 AM

    Beautiful, it's always the simple things that make us happy in love. :)

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  16. Laurie KolpAugust 7, 2013 at 9:23 AM

    You have captured a very special relationship & the moment in the Hamptons... I felt I could have been there. Thanks for sharing, Ayala!

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  17. flaubertAugust 7, 2013 at 10:37 AM

    This is beautiful, Ayala. I love the idea of honeysuckles in a coke bottle. Nice.

    Pamela

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  18. ClaudiaAugust 7, 2013 at 4:40 PM

    oh this is lovely ayala....and is there something better than honeysuckle in an empty
    Coca Cola bottle...ha...love me a bit of unconventional ideas when it comes to showing love...smiles

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  19. AnonymousAugust 7, 2013 at 8:13 PM

    Sweet and enchanting :) xo ~jackie~

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  20. Mystic_MomAugust 7, 2013 at 9:24 PM

    Lovely, sweet and perfectly penned!

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  21. Beth WinterAugust 8, 2013 at 1:11 PM

    Beautiful. The tackle box got to me, drew the image of the hidden romantic behind the sportsman's exterior. Love this.

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  22. colleenAugust 9, 2013 at 11:52 PM

    honeysuckle and a tackle box of love notes. Nice!

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  23. Susie ClevengerAugust 10, 2013 at 12:54 AM

    Such a beautiful poem of love...a wildflower bouquet is a glorious as dozens of roses when it is given out of love.

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  24. Amrit SinhaAugust 10, 2013 at 5:46 AM

    A love poem full of emotions ... that's perfect.

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  25. AnonymousAugust 10, 2013 at 10:56 AM

    Lovely poem and remembrance - the rough is certainly made elegant and special with the adrenaline of love and the nostalgia of time passed. Thanks. k.

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  26. TALONAugust 11, 2013 at 12:25 PM

    Ayala, you had me at the tackle box. :) This is just beautiful...stellar stellar imagery.

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  27. Other MaryAugust 11, 2013 at 10:01 PM

    <3

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  28. Life in a PoemAugust 13, 2013 at 8:27 PM

    Sounds like summer to me.

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