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No man is truly married
until he understands
every word his wife is NOT saying.
~ by Unknown ~
Once in awhile,
Right in the middle of an ordinary life,
Love gives us a fairy tale.
~ by Anonymous ~
True poets don't write
Their thoughts with a pen...
They release the ink that flows
From within their heart.
~ by Anonymous ~
Love is that condition in which
The happiness of another person
Is essential to your own.
~ by Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land ~
Love doesn't make the world go round,
Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
~ by Elizabeth Browning ~
Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.
~ by Oliver Wendell Holmes ~ |
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Ah, tis February and and is the time for writing epic poems of love to spouses and lovers, friends and family.
I asked my husband to do the following: Write ten reasons why he loved me. I would do the same. Not surprisingly, his list was more encompassing, more generic. That's okay. He thinks that way. I get it. Some of the following may not make sense to you, but you'll get the idea.
His list
1. Considerate
2. Fun loving
3. Compatible
4. Understanding
5. Compassionate
6. Honest
7. Supportive
8. understands and accepts my whims
9 and 10. unselfish and forgiving without sacrificing your own dignity.
My list
1. Our coffee dance
2. We laugh over insane things all the time.
3. You put others first
4. You're just 'you.'
5. You look good in a cowboy hat.
6. We understand each other.
7. You know how to make me smile when I don't want to and how to laugh when I feel like crying.
8. Because I think that it still amazes you that I do, even after all these years.
9. Because you play with my puppy.
10. Because you love my children as your own.
We exchanged lists and both of us laughed. We giggled over the Mars and Venus aspects of it. He said, 'You can tell you are the writer.' I said, 'And as usual, you lump little things together. Then we both said, at the same time, mind you, 'We both said basically the same things.' More laughter.
He then said, 'Your list would make a better poem.' I asked him, 'Why?' 'Because you wrote about specific things and encompass more.'
Just as I am not a hunter, but I have learned much about the sport and all it entails from him, so too, has he learned much about writing. I've read many a love poem here on site and many of them seem the same. I suggest that it is better to write of specifics that reflect the greater whole.
A year ago he and I had quite the discussion about Valentine's Day. He thinks the entire day is simply a commercial enterprise and that people should show their love every day of the year, rather than make a fuss one day a year.
He makes a good argument, although I felt that there was nothing wrong in having one day be extra special, to say and do the little things that one might not in the crazy day to day existence we share.
Good points to both of us. *smile* But right then, I decided to write down one specific reason every single day for a year. An instance or thought a day why I love him. Big thing, small thing, silly thing or serious thing: every day I would write down one reason. I'm almost done for the year. It has been easier than I thought it might be. I was afraid I'd get through a couple of months and then let it slide. But I didn't, indeed, I found myself coming to relish the time I spent each and every day writing down those thoughts. Some days I was hard pressed to only write one thing. Scratch that, many days it was almost impossible to write only one thing.
I am giving it to him for Valentine's Day this year.
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Some are love poems for the here and now, some show just how far love can grow and a few others explain why it didn't.
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And also, perhaps, a starting point for a short story or poem.
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