“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends.
I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”
― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”
― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets
“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made,
like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
Midweek Motif ~
LOVE is not a Greeting Card!
Your Challenge: A Poem for a Loved One
What do you truly want to say? To whom?
(Not a Hallmark greeting card.)
i carry your heart with me (i carry it in
my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate (for you are my fate,my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)
I am not yours, not lost in you,
Not lost, although I long to be
Lost as a candle lit at noon,
Lost as a snowflake in the sea.
Not lost, although I long to be
Lost as a candle lit at noon,
Lost as a snowflake in the sea.
You love me, and I find you still
A spirit beautiful and bright,
Yet I am I, who long to be
Lost as a light is lost in light.
Oh plunge me deep in love—put out
My senses, leave me deaf and blind,
Swept by the tempest of your love,
A taper in a rushing wind.
~
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Who was it who said "I love you as much as I love salt in my food?" That was definitely not a greeting card! But in the days with lack of refrigeration and other ways of prolonging the life of food, that was love. Happy writing, happy love, and--on the weekend--happy St. Valentine's Day.
ReplyDeleteI think love scared me more than cancer - as a topic to discuss....maybe that is a reflection of how it feels when things may have gone 'wrong' in the early stages of your life..thank you though as ever for the challenge and happy St Valentines for those who do...the whole love thing!
ReplyDeleteThat, too, would make a good poem and speak to many more of us than you might think. I wish you a happy weekend being kind to yourself.
DeleteThank you - maybe that's where the changes start...corny as it sounds...how can you love another or be loved if you don;t love yourself - thank you Susan
Deleteworking on it susan...
ReplyDeletemay be tomorrow before i am done...
but i will be back...
Fabulous!
DeleteThanks for the prompt. Very cathartic.
ReplyDeleteYes, I hoped so! Thank you for posting!
DeleteIt's God's grace that I am able to write..the prompt is perfect Susan for my lines today...
ReplyDeleteAmen. I am glad you are back, Sumana, sharing your love.
DeleteWhat a stellar prompt, with a great deal of scope. Yes, Jae, your poem will speak to more of us than you know. And Sumana, it is so nice to see you!!!!!!
ReplyDeletep.s. I may be flying out the door any minute to babysit. But I will be back! And that poem by e.e.cummings is one of my favorites. Sigh. What a poem!
DeleteSo glad to see you and know you will be back!
DeleteThis is perfect for me today, Susan. Thank you. I will work and return.
ReplyDeleteSo vast a topic...too much to say...so ended up by saying nothing really !:)
ReplyDeleteYou said a lot, Rall, about the entities we love.
DeleteI don't think it's hallmark-y...not to sweet or sour! :) Thank you, for the challenge, Susan!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the poem of sound and touch and all!
DeleteI meant not *too ;)
DeleteThank you for reading and inspiring...I like that quote you shared in the comments above it's what made me think of "salted and crimson," for my poem. :)
My poem is silly today but that's how love is sometimes.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your prompt Susan. I wish you much love.
Thank you, Myrna! WONderful silly!
DeleteHa, your title became mine!
ReplyDeleteLove it!
DeleteAh, I added my poem to collection, Susan. A very fine prompt.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mary. It's a mighty fine collection, isn't it? I hope that there is more ... a book full!
DeleteLoved the prompt. Added my link.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Suzy. It's good to see you here today!
DeleteHey SUSAN...Its Mind Blowing prompt!
ReplyDeleteThough I am not writing since last few days with lot of disturbances all around
This prompt made me to write
All these lines are spontaneous
I finished writing in 15 minutes...~ 15 lines
Hope you all enjoy...reading
Happy valentines Day ...
Yes, thank you, I enjoyed it very much. I forget sometimes that even if a poem is the product of a moment, it is the experience of a lifetime.
DeleteHi Susan,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the lovely prompt ~ I will be making my rounds later ~ Have a good day everyone ~
Grace
Thank you, Grace, for posting here and for your post at dVerse as well. I haven't been able to read through all the powerful poems you unleashed there this week.
Deletethank you for the beautiful prompt susan..enjoyed it a lot:)
ReplyDeleteThank YOU, Ararthi.
DeleteI wrote two poems and two haiku. Somehow haiku says just enough when you are talking of love. Thanks Susan and Happy Valentines to each of you.
ReplyDeleteOh! I only saw 2 total. But they are exquisite. Thanks for posting.
DeleteRather disappointing reciprocity this week....lots of those who gladly accepted others' comments did not return them. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteI know. We have a core of people who care. The rest may learn to care in time.
DeleteOne can only hope.
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