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SUMMER LOST

There was a time when love was free
to make and share it had no price.
It was alright to just "be";
liberation was the only vice

But that was many wars ago
ere innocence of youth was lost.
Like old piles of dirty snow
now mortality figures in the cost.

For love can now result in death
and needles don't deliver life.
Where now the beauty which took my breath
cutting as deep as any scythe?

Is it just I'm getting old
with clear vision of hind sight
that brings back memories on nights, cold
of when it seemed the world was right?

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liberation is a vice? I think that's not exactly what you meant to say. I wonder that if it weren't poetry you might have been trying to say something like-
we were liberated but felt pressured to indulge so it became a vice

The line
Dirtied like old piles of snow
misses the meter, how about
Dirtied like piles of old snow
small change but hear how the scansion improves? Similarly
Where went beauty which once took my breath
Where went beauty that took my breath

of when it seemed the word was right? [did you mean world?]

oh, and yes, you are getting old [grins]

cheers,
Jess
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I recall when being liberated sexually was considered a vice. Gonna consider that snow change and know some change needed in breath line. No matter how many times I preview, i still get typos like "world" lol. I'm not saying I'm old, but I remember when the Dead Sea wasn't even sick lmao........stan

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and wossaothername was Persia

cheers,
Jess
A new workshop on the most important element of poetry-
'Rhythm and Meter in Poetry'
https://www.neopoet.com/workshop/rhythm-and-meter-poetry

And why did it only bring a Polish dancer to mind lol. Thanks for dropping by..........stan

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I agree with omitting comma, but still think innocence was lost is correct. Maybe you misread it to say innocents? Anyhow, good to have you drop by for a visit.................stan

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I'm 99.9% sure that singular was and plural were. Yes there have been some friends leave. But I see some who haven't been here since before I arrived have come back. So maybe others will return in time.....stan

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did you mean "shimmer Lost"? ..i know you didn't ...just a wee bit of suggestion and no more...

raj (sublime_ocean)

The year 1969 has often been referred to as the summer of love here in the U.S. That is the lost summer I refer to here........................stan

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Yes. I like it a lot.

cheers,
Jess
A new workshop on the most important element of poetry-
'Rhythm and Meter in Poetry'
https://www.neopoet.com/workshop/rhythm-and-meter-poetry

Thanks. I go back and tinker with most of my stuff a bit after letting it lie. Fresh eyes can do wonders ................stan

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