Hi Mike,
Nice to see you back, and I enjoyed this piece. The first three lines are a
great lead-in.
I think if I were to suggest any changes they would be the same as Ann's,
but it's a good read either way.
Regards,
Matt
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> Huh, call that summer? It felt more like a cold shower.
> Hello troops. I believe at the start of the summer break I suggested
> that those few bods who were vacationing somewhat further south of the
> arctic circle than we stalwart souls who chose to pass the season
> inside Finlandīs border were lost. In the event, however, it rather
> looks as if they knew something the rest of us didnīt. Oh well, I
> suppose it would be naive to expect a summer in Finland without
> rain.....a little less of it would have been nice though. And on that
> theme, hereīs a rather wistful little piece.
>
> Welcome back, Mike. Thanks, itīs good to be here.
>
>
>
> Wine, Women and Song
>
> Like a difficult wine,
> made of a sensitive grape,
> summer here often fails.
> But one year in ten
> there are days when the air
> is as soft on the skin
> as a loverīs caress,
> so unlike the burning sand
> and dry thirst of southern lands.
>
> Days that live in the memory
> like the notes of a favourite melody
> recalled through the years.
>
> Memories to be sipped,
> as one sips an amber Sauternes,
> the essence of summer on the tongue
> like the taste of the tongue
> of a lover who left long ago.
>
>
>
>
>
> Mike
>
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