National Poetry Month Day 29: In Memory of Forgotten Loves #NaPoWriMo

To reminisce about lost love, on Day 29 of National Poetry Month...

In Memory of Forgotten Loves

Wandering the streets of old Paris, lost

in tender thought, our woven dreams rose glossed

Our sweet hands entangled, in youth’s concord

grasping absolute love, as we adored,

until affection fled with winter’s frost

Another love, passion’s kiss breathed star-crossed

Fire and ice, lovers sailing tempest tossed

The flame died quickly, we became unmoored—

wandering the streets

Years produced caution, and love less embossed

reflected esteem, contemplated cost

I tried, but often her heart, I ignored

The day she left, I watched as the rain poured,

churning the soot and the smell of exhaust

wandering the streets

© A. F. Stewart 2015 All Rights Reserved

National Poetry Month Day 21: Forbidden Passion #NaPoWriMo

It's short and sweet for Day 21 of National Poetry Month...

~Forbidden Passion~

beneath the sunshine

we swelter, palpable heat

our hands secretly entwined

© A. F. Stewart 2015 All Rights Reserved 

Day Six of National Poetry Month: Under the Orange Tree #NaPoWriMo

Under the Orange Tree

Summer winds blow strong,

carrying the scent of love

You and I beneath the orange tree,

the shaded heavens above

Remembering the citrus scent,

our stolen kisses like sweet Chablis

The shaded heavens above,

you and I beneath the orange tree

And such love will never pale,

nor that precious memory of

you and I beneath the orange tree,

the shaded heavens above

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