For Valentines...

[aquabean]

Where love is in the parting...

My love is like a red, red rose
That's newly sprung in June:
My love is like the melody
That's sweetly played in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in love am I:
And I will love thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.

Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun:
And I will love thee still, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only love,
And fare thee weel a while!
And I will come again, my love,
Thou' it were ten thousand mile.

A Red, Red Rose

~by Robert Burns


Where love is in the action...


she being Brand

-new;and you
know consequently a
little stiff i was
careful of her and(having

thoroughly oiled the universal
joint tested my gas felt of
her radiator made sure her springs were O.

K.)i went right to it flooded-the-carburetor cranked her

up,slipped the
clutch(and then somehow got into reverse she
kicked what
the hell)next
minute I was back in neutral tried and

again slo-wly;bare,ly nudg. ing(my

lev-er Right-
oh and her gears being in
A 1 shape passed
from low through
second-in-to-high like
greasedlightning)just as we turned the corner of Divinity

avenue i touched the accelerator and give

her the juice,good

(it
was the first ride and believe i we was
happy to see how nice she acted right up to
the last minute coming back down by the Public
Gardens i slammed on

the
internalexpanding
&
externalcontracting
brakes Bothatonce and

brought allofher tremB
-ling
to a:dead.

stand-
;Still)

~by e.e. cummings


Where love is simply the way of it...


I love you

because the Earth turns round the sun

because the North wind blows north

sometimes

because the Pope is Catholic

and most Rabbis Jewish

because winters flow into springs

and the air clears after a storm

because only my love for you

despite the charms of gravity

keeps me from falling off this Earth

into another dimension
I love you

because it is the natural order of things

I love you

like the habit I picked up in college

of sleeping through lectures

or saying I'm sorry

when I get stopped for speeding

because I drink a glass of water

in the morning

and chain-smoke cigarettes

all through the day

because I take my coffee Black

and my milk with chocolate

because you keep my feet warm

though my life a mess
I love you

because I don't want it

any other way

I am helpless

in my love for you
It makes me so happy

to hear you call my name
I am amazed you can resist

locking me in an echo chamber

where your voice reverberates

through the four walls

sending me into spasmatic ecstasy
I love you

because it's been so good

for so long

that if I didn't love you

I'd have to be born again

and that is not a theological statement
I am pitiful in my love for you

The Dells tell me Love

is so simple

the thought though of you

sends indescribably delicious multitudinous

thrills throughout and through-in my body
I love you

because no two snowflakes are alike

and it is possible

if you stand tippy-toe

to walk between the raindrops
I love you

because I am afraid of the dark

and can't sleep in the light

because I rub my eyes

when I wake up in the morning

and find you there

because you with all you magic powers were

determined that
I should love you

because there was nothing for you but that
I would love you

I love you

because you made me

want to love you

more than I love my privacy

my freedom my commitments

and responsibilities
I love you 'cause I changed my life

to love you

because you saw me one friday

afternoon and decided that I would
love you
I love you I love you I love you

Resignation

~by Nikki Giovanni

Comments

[nightengale.livejournal.com]

Of the third poem, I love these lines:

because you keep my feet warm
though my life a mess

and

because you saw me one friday
afternoon and decided that I would
love you


And of the second poem, I adore the entire work of it. ee cummings owns me.

Of the first...::shrug:: I've never liked that poem. But each to their own.

Have a happy Valentine's, Rune.

almost an english major...

[(Anonymous)]

i was proud that i could guess the poet of the ee and the nikki :) i love the nikki poem - she is one of my favorites.

happy V-day mesican :) valentines day now always reminds me of the vagina monologues - and practicing moaning in mather and freaking out our neighbors :P

love nan

[runefallstar.livejournal.com]

Heh.

Happy Vday to you too.

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

Dear wildly, crazily sexy e. e., and Nikki is a poet I've only recently discovered and enjoy quite a lot. And Robbie! Though I must confess, the SCA warped my appreciation for this poem forevermore. Have you heard the filk?

"My love is like an apple growing
from the lowest bough;
my wanton love is like a field
that beckons all to plow."

Ah, yes. The SCA, good clean fun for the whole family. ;-)

[wildelamassu.livejournal.com]

I've always loved those Burns lines: "And I will love thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry." *melts in the evocative*

[snowyheart.livejournal.com]

Valentine's! I hope you're spending it happily! ^^

[runefallstar.livejournal.com]

*cackles* Nothing says fun like Nerd Fun.

Heheheh!

[runefallstar.livejournal.com]

Burns just makes stuff work. *shakes head, awed* Some people are just good with the language as a whole, but when you let them write poetry? Damn.


Obviously, I'm not the on with the command of language today. Heh.

[runefallstar.livejournal.com]

*opens mouth*...*close mouth*....*laughs and facepalms* Heh.

Take that, hot shot!

[pvt-tiger.livejournal.com]

Boo-yah! (www.livejournal.com/users/pvt_tiger)

Re: Take that, hot shot!

[runefallstar.livejournal.com]

Ummm....link doesn't work...try again?

Re: Take that, hot shot!

[pvt-tiger.livejournal.com]

it's just a link to my lj....