Poets United Midweek Motif ~ Heart

“One love, one heart, one destiny.” 
― Bob Marley

“It's not that I can't live without you; it's that I don't want to.” 
― J. Sterling, The Perfect Game

“When you are sorrowful look again in your heart,

and you shall see that in truth you are weeping 

for that which has been your delight.” 
― Kahlil Gibran

Midweek Motif ~ Heart

What's in your heart?  What does a heart say?  Have a heart.  

My heart is in your eyes.  Their hearts are in their throats.  Happy Valentine's Day.

What's in a day?

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Poets United Mid-Week Motif ~ Love

 “I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, 

         in secret, between the shadow and the soul.” 

― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets 

Today’s motif:  Love

What did love seem to be at age 16?  And now?  Let your mind swirl through the years of your life, and pick One Age to speak from in Fourteen Lines. 

This could be a sonnet or any form or non-form you wish.  If you decide to write a ballad, the fourteen lines do not apply.

(If romantic love is not on your mind and Valentine's Day seems far away, consider the month of February and its significance in your life.)  

Here's a ballad by Sonia Sanchez:

Ballad

  by Sonia Sanchez

         (after the spanish)

forgive me if i laugh

you are so sure of love

you are so young

and i too old to learn of love.

the rain exploding

in the air is love

the grass excreting her

green wax is love

and stones remembering

past steps is love …

- See the rest at: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19520

Please:

1. Post your 14-line poem or ballad on your site, and then link it here.
2. Share only original and new work written for this challenge. 
3. Honor our community by visiting and commenting on others' poems.

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