I need a poem---

[Zona76]

Help please! Our second wedding anniversary is coming soon. I always write a poem from my heart on every occasion. I describe our love and life and what he means to me and how grateful we can share this love.

My mind is blank. I have been trying for ages to think of something special and I have major writers block.

Any ideas or web sites you can suggest? Romantic Errotic..whatever. PM if you like. I need to have something.

Chances are if I find the right one I will take the idea and re-write it.

[quankanne]

hey, happy anniversary!

 

not a poem, but lyrics to the Clint Black song, "Something that we do" ...

 

behindthelyrics.net/browse/c/Clint_Black/Something_That_We_Do/

[Lezbean]

My love for you is like diarrhea ........I just can't hold it in.

 

How romantic is THAT!

[jmargel]

I write poetry now and then but I find a good love letter as something better.

 

You can use the one I wrote to my wife for xmas last year. Maybe it might give you some ideas

 

For my Beloved Wife,

 

As I write this letter the thoughts I have of you leave me with nothing but a smile on my face. You have been an inspiration to me in so many ways and though my stubbornness may leave you feeling frustrated you have a love for me that can withstand all of my oddities and defects. I love you so much, for that and so much for the goodness that you possess inside of your heart. Even during the worst of days the thought of you brings me the touch of love to my heart.

 

Every Christmas I will write you a letter to let you know what the most cherished part of this holiday is about, which is you. Perhaps one day someone will come upon these letters which I hope to be many over the decades to let that person know that true love does exists and though it may not be perfect as a fairy tale, our love for each other is unconditional. That forgiveness and love allows us to look forward to the future together.

 

I have never loved as I love you; so completely, so unconditionally, like no other. The one, who stole my heart so innocently, but with care and the grace to protect it, only comes once in a lifetime. The sweetest word is your name, and the greatest thing is your love. Every silent prayer that has left my mind, all the empty words that have left my mouth and chased my lips have made me who I am, one to love you more. And though we may have stifling times, my love for you is with sincere purity and certainty.

 

I strive to give you the joy of a relationship that lets you be yourself, I don't claim to understand everything that you care about as best as you do, but I will always strive to listen with my heart and reach out for the emotionally complex being in you, to understand how best my life can support you fulfilling the purpose for which your life is meant. You are the most important and loved person in my life to me. There is nothing more I would

want out of life to know that my wife, deep down in her heart feels this love. To realize that this is a love that is irreplaceable is something to truly cherish. For when I am dead, the thought of me brings a smile to your heart and a tear to your eye; there is nothing more fulfilling. For me, that is true love.

 

My love for you is not about how much love I had for you in the beginning, but about how much love I build for you until I leave this earth. The fulfillment I have does not lie in my dreams alone; life would not be complete without the love I receive from you. Though I never thought I could feel the way I do about someone, I have surrendered to your love. Your love is a blessing from God and I could only pray that this miracle lasts my

entire life. It is hard to put into words what you and your love means, but for me is it not where I breathe, but where I love, I live.

 

On this Christmas, it is with my life and with the life that we hope to continue to create together that I say I love you. I wish the merriest of Christmases and many more to a selfless lady with so much beauty, integrity and grace that is worthy of the true gift of love. I love you, I always will.

 

Merry Christmas Kitten.

 

Love,

 

Jeff

[Zona76]

WOW Jeff that's something. Thanks. I think I can do something with this. You "LADY" is quite a fortunate woman. You have made her your Queen.

[Wedded25]

I'm curious: What type of poetry have you written? If free verse, have you ever tried writing in rhyme and form? I find those elements aren't restrictive, contrary to popular belief -- they give me a framework by which to hone and refine the expression of my feelings and make them "count" more on the page. Here's my own experience as I described it on another board:

 

Why poetry? Why does an expression of love become more moving when compressed into fourteen lines with specific accents and syllable count in a fixed rhyme scheme?

 

With this in mind, I heartily recommend the following essays by poets:

 

"Poetry, Pleasure, and the Hedonist Reader" by Billy Collins

 

"What Is a Poem?" by Carol Muske

 

"The Line/The Form/The Music" by David Baker and Ann Townsend

 

These are all in The Eye of the Poet: Six Views of the Art and Craft of Poetry, David Citino, ed. (Oxford University Press, 2002).

 

Having thus introduced yourself to poetry's whys and wherefores, you're better prepared to enjoy the same first foray into writing it that I did. Here be a tale from the days when I was a-courtin' my lovely not-yet-wife:

 

A good place to start is that venerable standby, the English sonnet (or Shakespearean sonnet):

 

(1) Rhymed poetry in English is based on accented and unaccented syllables organized into metrical feet. For example, a foot consisting of one unaccented syllable followed by one accented syllable is called an iamb; string five such feet together per line, and you have iambic pentameter:

 

Shall

I

com

pare

thee

to

a

sum

mer's

day?

 

The English sonnet is fourteen lines of this, in rhyme scheme abab, cdcd, efef, gg. Of course, it doesn't have to be in the English of Shakespeare's time – here’s a fine modern sonnet on marriage by Robert Frost:

 

The Master Speed

 

No speed of wind or water rushing by

(a)

But you have speed far greater. You can climb

(b)

Back up a stream of radiance to the sky,

(a)

And back through history up the stream of time.

(b)

And you were given this swiftness, not for haste

©

Nor chiefly that you may go where you will,

(d)

But in the rush of everything to waste,

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That you may have the power of standing still --

(d)

Off any still or moving thing you say.

(e)

Two such as you with such a master speed

(f)

Cannot be parted nor be swept away

(e)

From one another once you are agreed

(f)

That life is only life forevermore

(g)

Together wing to wing and oar to oar.

(g)

 

(2) Start with one or two choice phrases in the above meter, and then you’re off to turn more phrases and tie them together in the above rhymes. You can do the lines in regular order, or you might find it easier to put down two rhymed lines first and then come up with the line between them – whatever gets your creative juices flowing.

 

(3) Now the craftsmanship comes in: Is there a better word to express this feeling? Does it need different words around it to keep the meter? Is there a word or phrase that would make a line flow more smoothly for the eye or the tongue? Oops – does that mean a line above or below it needs to end differently to keep the rhyme?

 

As with any writing project: Polish, polish, polish! This includes stepping away once the poem is finished and coming back to examine it later from a fresher perspective.

 

(4) Once it’s done, grab the Yellow Pages and look under “Calligraphers.” Fourteen lines plus title and author’s name and maybe a bit of artwork shouldn’t cost an arm and a leg. (But shop around – some are way more expensive than others!) View samples of their work and ask how they’d artfully render your poem.

 

(5) Make sure the calligrapher leaves enough blank space to allow for framing and matting.

 

(6) Get your poem professionally framed.

 

(7) Present it to your love at the next appropriate occasion.

 

(8) Delight in being showered with kisses!

 

And if you want to explore other forms besides the Shakespearean sonnet, see:

 

Padgett, Ron, ed.,

The Teachers and Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms

(New York: Teachers and Writers Collaborative, 2000)

 

Turco, Lewis,

The New Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics

(Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1986)

 

Williams, Miller,

Patters of Poetry: An Encyclopedia of Forms

(Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1986)

[Mr. Lucky]

Roses are red,

 

My balls are blue,

 

(you fill in the rest, I've done the hard part)

 

Mr. Lucky

[Teeky3]

I don't have one but I could not resist responding. With so many sad and pathetic stories here, it's nice to read one that is full of so much love. It gives everyone else hope that they too can be in the position you are in. Your lil note can also restore some faith in that one lonely heart who may believe that love can no longer exist among human beings. I say... even if you don't find that perfect poem, your mate has sure found the "PERFECT" being in you.

 

Thanks for making me smile and God Bless YOU TWO ALWAYS!

 

Help please! Our second wedding anniversary is coming soon. I always write a poem from my heart on every occasion. I describe our love and life and what he means to me and how grateful we can share this love.

My mind is blank. I have been trying for ages to think of something special and I have major writers block.

Any ideas or web sites you can suggest? Romantic Errotic..whatever. PM if you like. I need to have something.

Chances are if I find the right one I will take the idea and re-write it.

[Zona76]

I have written several. I began in rhyme as that was what I knew. Rhyme also gives it a rhythm and song. There is a flow... It becomes visual.

I have free verse too. More like a short story where we are the star characters.

One poem I did for him for Valentines day was Extremely erotic. Not sexual but... the mind was headed in that direction.

Does LoveShack host a board for amateur poets to share their work?