Valentine

I am a huge romantic and really would have liked to have posted a valentines poem competition. However I am aware that there are only nine days left so I wondered if there were some equally romantic people up for a valentine challenge. Posting here just for the fun of it. To write a short poem rhymed or free verse that captures the theme of Valentine. It can be as cheesy as you like - its a celebration of love :)

Valentines day is drawing near
I see your beauty has no peer
Hair so red quite like a berry
lips to match like ripened cherry

Tall and slim with gentle hands
a mind that always understands
I hear your voice it sounds so sweet
with a song that brings my hearts defeat

Just one word and I am yours
love flows out, to you it pours
take me close to your warm embrace
where I can see that familiar face

Say you'll be my valentine true
and I'll bring daisy's full of dew
My heart is yours my darling wife
for the rest of my immortal life

Milly, interesting.
I know it won't be as good as your poem or the poems other members will write, but I can give it a try.
Can we write in any format?

Any format is good and don't be daft this isn't a judging exercise its an opportunity to express romance and love in a poetic form to celebrate the upcoming Valentine's day just for the fun of it :)

Lovely! Will be checking back soon.

hello Miss Milly,

A lovely thread to start with Valentines Day round the corner. So here is my piece:

Love is..

her heart the
shape of rose

she softly blows;
from her velvet lips
a petal, carrying
a message
of love..

..’you are the thorn in my side’

all,
sealed with
a loving kiss.

Ooh these are lovely! Milly, what a sweet idea. I'm in!

Celebrating you

You may be old enough to be my dad
maybe I've always needed a 'father figure'

and you are definitely what I needed all along

perfect eyes looking out for me always
perfect ears listening to all I have to say
perfect lips able to kiss my tears away
perfect hands that fit perfectly in mine

you're the one my mother warned me about
but also the one in all the fairytales -

they always have happy endings
and we all deserve those, don't we?

Hopefully it's OK lol

I found love eight years ago. ..

But my children have loved me since birth.

To be with them
Instills in me a strength
To move mountains
while my love is beside me.

To know love, is to watch a child
Slowly die, to hear her say I love you,
Knowing my love will be with me
When she goes....

To have a husband, children
to see pain and suffering, along
With a precious heart that will stop beating soon,
Reminds me daily of what true love is all about....

These are all so wonderful. Love is such a strong and beautiful emotion. It's lovely to celebrate it in so many different ways. Milly x

His heart and her heart

His heart and her heart
they pulse ruby rain
streaming on a love chart
to lover bliss lane.
For he - heard love bells
a-valentines ago,
and she cast in her spells
an aura quite aglow.

So taken was he
by her radiant smiles
carving in a nut tree
I love thee in piles.
This led, both to wed
on that balmy day,
sacred vows, were said
together, we'll stay.

Since then, those two doves
in unison hath sewn,
a pair of sun gloves
to catch rays for their own.
Behold - a baby boy!
In euphoria they moan
for laughing infant joy
wrought a very sweet tone.

Now joyous in celebration
of union under God
blessed in commemoration
a poem to applaud.
Let Valentines be again
full of adorations so strong
written with a heart-pen,
love inked - is a song.

He's louder than any song I've ever known,
waking me at 9:30 every morning,
more persistent than any alarm clock,
carrying a tennis ball in his mouth
and throwing it around the whole house.

I lose sleep over him but that's what loving him has
become...
It makes it all worth it to see the way he nudges me,
the way he leans into me, the way we depend on
each other for adventures no one else would dare.

We've run across bridges, tumbled in meadows,
journeyed through caves, rolled in the sand,
dashed through the snow, always ending the day
thoroughly exhausted and sweaty
but oh so full of life.

He helped me find meaning when I was convinced
I was utterly worthless.
He frustrates yet makes my bones laugh with
a wonder and hope for the future.

My dog is my Valentine,
and I wouldn't ask for anyone else.
When I tuck him into bed each night,
the world is at peace for that moment.
And my soul, is finally able to rest.

Love the idea of a doggy Valentine:)

Cheeks of the devil’s own angel
smile like chubby rosy buns
with dimples that crack me up
light the room like a million suns.

Grubby, dirty jeans, soiled socks
sticky arms held up to be lifted
magic works on this old heart
this grand child’s heavenly gifted.

Wow these poems are all so wonderfully diverse and beautiful in their own very different ways. Its been a real pleasure reading so many valentine themed poems. Thank you everyone for participating in the challenge All my best wishes Milly x

Acceptance

I've rushed headlong
into life at times,
regretting
the choices I've made...
-
I've hesitated
pacing the sidelines,
afraid of failure
and rejection...
-
I've been beaten down,
tossed aside,
my love
not worthwhile...
-
Then I met you-
your acceptance of me
just as I am,
giving yourself
freely
set me free...
-
It's allowed me
to lay bare
my heart.
To give you my all,
to be so
vulnerable,
yet totally unafraid
of being hurt
ever again...
-
I love you so
very much!
You are my
everything...

To my Valentine

When your soft lips brush against mine, it's like the setting sun kisses the ashen blue horizon giving birth to a dandelion skyline.

It's a moment that always takes my breath away.

I never found my individuality
until I tumbled into your loving arms and wrestled in your weight against mine.

The magic and mystery of two people becoming one...

It never fails to take my breath away.

And I know in another thousand times...

You will always take my breath away.

Hi All :)

What a lovely bunch of old (less of the old Michael) romantic's we are.
All the poems here are wonderful :)

Well done Miss Milly for putting on this spread
Much love
Michael x

This is such a sweet idea. I simply had to try and do something for it

Ssoooo here is my effort

SUN MOON AND STARS

I'm going to build a world around you,
Already! one has begun.
I shall make you both my moon and stars
And I will be your sun.

If you are moon and I am sun,
Our children are said stars.
Such twinkling things for us to love,
That I see shine from afar.

Though sometimes I am distant,
When the nights are filled with fright.
Rest assured when morning comes
You will always see my light.

I won't be an all consuming inferno,
And I will not burn anything away.
Just a gentle warmth I give to thee
To guide you through each day.

Yes I will be that sun,
But I desire and need my moon.
Pledge to me eternity
And see how my core doth swoon.

Craig that's a really beautiful addition to the thread. A huge thanks to you and everyone who took the time to post and share their thoughts on love. It's been a real treat reading them all. Love and best wishes Milly x