summer daily love poems sampler july 2013

Summer Daily Love Poems Summer Daily Love Poems Summer Daily Love Poems Summer Daily Love Poems

50+ poems 64 pages End July 201350+ poems 64 pages End July 201350+ poems 64 pages End July 201350+ poems 64 pages End July 2013

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Jim Hyde

Lismore Books

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ContentsContentsContentsContents

GoldenGoldenGoldenGolden Daily Love for a Girl 6 RedRedRedRed Summer Evening Flight 38

Lower Spine Spoken 7 Rubaïyyat 39

Promise 8 Bus-Stop 40

Crest 9 Filing 41

Ena 10 At Night 42

Credo 11 Shell 43

Va 12 Sunday Mornings 44

CrimsonCrimsonCrimsonCrimson Watercolour 14 SteelSteelSteelSteel 4 Winter Thoughts 47

Now 15 NightLife 48

Why Do I Love You? 16 Tidal Race Upwards 49

Moving In 17 UrLove 50

Interoffice 18 JadeJadeJadeJade Breathe 52

Jackie 19 The Way of Sleep 53

Why I Do This 20 Leinster 54

SapphireSapphireSapphireSapphire Aegean 22 Which Vow Can I Make? 55 An Trá (Beach) 23 Passing Time 56

Delta 24 The Way of It 57

Blackwater Love 25 HeatHeatHeatHeat Life Song 59

Koi 26 A Variation on Zalinka 60

I Can Hear 27 Kuss 61

SilverSilverSilverSilver Sydney 29 Radio Song III 62

Talking to Smart People 31 Coronation 63

Walking 32

Engage 33 Recognitions 64

Jardin 34

Love 35

Two-Minutes 36

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GoldenGoldenGoldenGolden

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Daily Love for a GirlDaily Love for a GirlDaily Love for a GirlDaily Love for a Girl

Daily love for

a girl who cares

for me

is all I need

to know and feel

and be.

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CrimsonCrimsonCrimsonCrimson

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WatercolourWatercolourWatercolourWatercolour

I have an unstretched, frameless heart

until you start to speak

Then my body paints itself

your whispered voice a brushstroke

With all your words my skin fills out

to gain its true-bond weight

In summer tones you're sketching me

my naked life your easel.

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SapphireSapphireSapphireSapphire

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AegeanAegeanAegeanAegean

Sleep now. The wind

from the Islands has calmed

and the Centaurs are still.

In the shallows the Nereids

are playing and here

is your Conch.

Come, be the Song.

Let the night take the sun

we have so very far

to swim.

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SilverSilverSilverSilver

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SydneySydneySydneySydney

Somewhere in this crazy

heart of mine

is you.

A rock, an anchor

safe harbour for a fool.

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RedRedRedRed

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Summer Evening FlightSummer Evening FlightSummer Evening FlightSummer Evening Flight

Watching the cloud-layers

slide across each other,

I'm reminded of

having sex.

I don't know why

at 30 000 feet I am

reminded of sex

but strongly reminded

I am.

Even more unclearly

I'm enjoying the clouds

the thoughts

and being reminded.

I hope my girlfriend's waiting.

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SteelSteelSteelSteel

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4 Winter Thoughts4 Winter Thoughts4 Winter Thoughts4 Winter Thoughts

In the cold river of the night

her body is a forge

In her hands are small caresses

shaping out my face

She takes the stone from in my breast

and hammers me a heart

to give it back grown triplefold

a shield to bear her life.

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JadeJadeJadeJade

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BreatheBreatheBreatheBreathe

with me.

In this long cold night hold me and

breathe.

Your face lies close and your life

is so warm.

The stars rain quiet, their distance

a snow through the trees.

Walk into my eyes and away.

Be still with me

and breathe.

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HeatHeatHeatHeat

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Life SongLife SongLife SongLife Song

I will ask the hardest thing of you

for I am tongue-tied.

I am fearful, weak, unlanguaged and lost

in your sight, so must ask

the hardest thing.

See the sky change colour, hear

the seasons turn

taste the winds flow by.

All these I make for you.

I have no words near you

and in every river-stone

and autumn-leaf

I write your name

with my actions.

So I ask the hardest thing -

that you say yes.

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© Jim Hyde 2013

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to be identified as the author of this work.

ISBN 0-9546566-2-1

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