First Love

We laid beneath the stars
our youth tingling, dared
to dream cosmic –
Thought I landed in love’s lap,
till summer waned and
you were gone, carried
by the wind, my heart
in your pocket.

(This poem appears in the VSS365 Anthology, untitled)

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22 thoughts on “First Love”

pvcann says:

December 2, 2019 at 1:08 am

Ah, those days, and the surprise of feeling. So evocative.

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  December 2, 2019 at 10:42 am
  
  Thanks Paul
  
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  1. pvcann says:
    
    December 2, 2019 at 5:37 pm
    
    Pleasure
    
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emergingfromthedarknight says:

November 23, 2019 at 11:43 pm

Touching and beautiful.

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  November 24, 2019 at 9:59 am
  
  Thank you!
  
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Mike Ross says:

November 23, 2019 at 3:37 pm

I didn’t see your name listed on the anthology authors, are you in fact writing under the name Steve Ambassador?

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  November 23, 2019 at 8:21 pm
  
  Uh, no. I didn’t see my name at first either, and then they sent me an email to verify my info, so assuming I was there.
  
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  1. Mike Ross says:
    
    November 23, 2019 at 9:13 pm
    
    Reminds me of an old Odd Couple episode where Oscar was using the pen name Andre Le Plume. 😀
    
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  2. V.J. Knutson says:
    
    November 24, 2019 at 9:58 am
    
    Wish I was that creative.
    
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Sarah Fine says:

November 23, 2019 at 3:23 pm

A perfect capture of the ‘first love’ experience. A beautiful poem.

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  November 23, 2019 at 8:19 pm
  
  Thanks Sarah!
  
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2. Liz Gauffreau says:
  
  November 24, 2019 at 8:38 am
  
  My sentiments exactly! It’s perfect. (“our youth tingling . . . “)
  
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  1. V.J. Knutson says:
    
    November 24, 2019 at 10:03 am
    
    I may be old, but I still remember, lol.
    
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  2. Liz Gauffreau says:
    
    November 24, 2019 at 10:25 am
    
    Those were heady times . . .
    
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  3. V.J. Knutson says:
    
    November 24, 2019 at 10:30 am
    
    Lol. They were.
    
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Laura Denise says:

November 23, 2019 at 2:30 pm

Love this! 💕

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  November 23, 2019 at 8:17 pm
  
  Thank you!
  
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sgeoil says:

November 23, 2019 at 1:25 pm

I loved this. Congratulations on your publication in the anthology!

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  November 23, 2019 at 3:43 pm
  
  Thanks Heather.
  
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  1. sgeoil says:
    
    November 23, 2019 at 5:21 pm
    
    You are welcome!
    
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Andrew Dalrymple says:

November 23, 2019 at 12:24 pm

this is wonderful

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  November 23, 2019 at 12:34 pm
  
  Thank you so much, Andrew.
  
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