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WITH SUMMER’S RETURN \u00a0<\/p>\n Delicate perfumes <\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n <\/font><\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n (c) barbara kausteklis 5-28-13<\/font><\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n <\/font><\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n Written for CPC “Pick-Apart Poetry Looks Forward to Summer” \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n <\/font><\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/blog\/107199\/cpc-pick-apart-poetry-looks-forward-to-summer\/<\/font><\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n <\/font><\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n Thanks always for your <\/font>visits and comments.<\/font><\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n <\/font><\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n Big Hugs and Love from Southern California.<\/font><\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n <\/font><\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n ~barb~ \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 WITH SUMMER’S RETURN \u00a0 Delicate perfumes usher in the day that summer returns and spring tiptoes away. And my soul dances among scarlet blossoms and golden buttercups whose tender green leaves glisten in the sun as the fluttering birds sing Nature’s happy song. \u00a0 \u00a0 (c) barbara kausteklis 5-28-13 \u00a0 Written for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,29],"tags":[5960,95,41,4,1080],"class_list":["post-107267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","category-poems","tag-cpc-pick-apart-poetry","tag-nature","tag-photography","tag-poetry","tag-summer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n usher in the day
\n that summer returns
\n and spring tiptoes away.
\n And my soul dances
\n among scarlet blossoms
\n and golden buttercups
\n whose tender green leaves
\n glisten in the sun
\n as the fluttering birds
\n sing Nature’s happy song.<\/font><\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n
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\n which I co-host with Silver Lining (Cherie Harvey)
\n on the last Wednesday of each month (open all day today).<\/font><\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n
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