Summer Song

The white wings of pelicans
soared overhead,
fueled by that same  windrush
that tangled your hair,
quicksilver sea foam adding its gentle hiss to that summer song
that  created a soundtrack stretching out  from early morning
to become an  afternoon delight––
that summer song flowing and waning
in the ebb tide
of my restless memory

For dVerse Poets we are to compose a poem that contains at least five of these names of rose varieties but not mention the word “rose.” I chose nine:

Afternoon Delight
Bordeaux
Brass Band
Cayenne
Desdemona
Ebb Tide
Eiffel Tower
Golden Gate
Mermaid
No Surrender
Peace
Penny Lane
Queen of Hearts
Quicksilver
Restless
Sea Foam
Summer Song
Tangles
White Wings
Windrush

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