Summer Dance--By Mary A. Couch--United States

Summer Dance

She

is

a pale

rose beneath

an old willow tree

awaiting a dance with her love.

He is a dragonfly swirling in the summer breeze

who dips to kiss her soft petals,

inhaling her scent

for their one

moment

in

time.

Mary A. Couch resides in Noblesville, Indiana, and works as an Admin Assistant for Taylored Systems, Inc. a local telecommunication company. She is the Premier Poet for the Indiana State Federation of Poetry Clubs, and she learned poetry from her mother and two grandmothers who were writers, artists and storytellers. She has been published in a variety of venues.