Howdy, folks! It’s February. That time of year when our thoughts turn to cupid, heart-shaped boxes of chocolate and sappy movies. So, we thought now would be a great time to host our first-ever poetry contest!
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- Write a 1 – 100 word poem on the topic “Who (or what!) I love most in the world.”
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Tags: poetry contest, valentines day
To my sweet daughter…
I prayed for you when you were not here.
I dreamt of the day that you would be near.
I cried tears of joy when I was given the news.
I smiled and wept when I felt you move.
I hoped and prayed you would continue to grow.
I was excited for you I would get to know.
I never imagined love so strong and so true.
I never knew until the day I held you.
I hold you each night and I love you so much.
I thank God everyday for my heart you have touched.
This poem was so touching and great.
I totally loved it.
Thank you so much, I’m so glad you liked it.
I actually have it ready to print so I can frame it and put it in my daughter’s room. I thought that would be a nice keepsake for her and always remind her of how much she means to me.
You can Talk to Someone every day & never Thank them for Listening You can be told Hopes & Dreams & never really Share them. You can be given Laughter & Tears & never really Feel them. You can be given Gifts & never know how Valuable they are. You can see a Face every day & never notice how Beautiful it is. You can be Loved by someone & Never Know how much you Depend on it. You can Hear a Voice everyday & never Miss It…Until you Don”t Hear It…Then you keep Listening for It! P.S. This was written in memory of someone I loved & lost to a car accident that was caused by a drunk driver. Don’t Drink & Drive! As Always, Peace!
That is so beautiful… I have no tolerance for drunk driving, I’m sorry for your loss…
Thank you Kammie! The accident was long time ago, back in the early 80s but what I wrote made me think of my life differently & to appreciate my loved ones more because you never know how your life can change in a split second. I liked your poem too, I also have a daughter bit my baby girl is now 20!Time goes so fast, enjoy everyday with her! As always, Peace
I used to be so busy, running, working, filled with care.
My family was taken for granted, I knew that they’d always be there.
I didn’t understand the depression, being torn between home and my work,
This was what I’d always wanted, but inside I felt empty and hurt.
Thankfully my husband was perceptive, he could sense the pain I tried to hide.
He encouraged me to stay home with my children, he helped me lay down my pride.
So now I spend my days with the ones I love the most,
My son and my daughter, I’ll even count the animal host.
But overall, I’m so very thankful for the one with whom I share my life,
I’m so thankful for my husband, who works so I can be a full time mother and wife.
aaww that is so good! My poem looks like a nursery rhyme compared to these… very good guys!!
No one gives me candy
Or cards – they’re for the birds
No one gives me fancy jewels
or woos me with sweet words
No one has to remind me
of Valentine’s day each year
for I love myself the best, you see
so I can love you, dear!
http://www.poetry.com/poems/perfect-love/12261334/
This is the link to the poem I had written in 2009. I wrote this when I was in high school, where I met my current husband. We finally got married March, 24, 2010 in Clearwater, FL on Sand Key Beach! I hope you love!! If you can’t get to it here it is below.
My Darling I could never be,
concerned about your past.
For you are mine and I am yours,
as long as life will last.
I don’t not care what you have done,
or what you may have been.
Or what the world may criticize,
and label as a sin.
We’ve shared so much together that,
I’ll never turn away.
I’m happy just to love you,
tomorrow and every day.
I am also sorry for,
the things I’ve done wrong.
I need to tell you that,
my love for you is strong
very good!!
Thank you so much!! If you go to Poetry.com I think I have 7 or 8 more that I have written! Just look for them under Coralie Michelle Bowen, as I had made them before I was married!
The sweet sounds of children laughing, drowns out the sound of pain..
The day was gray and dark about to pour down rain,
when I heard that sound that unlike any other, is louder than a turbo jet, yet as quiet as a libary can get..it was a child laughing with all of the inocence only they can bring..making me think of days back in the spring..so hello world bring on what may come but I have a secert weapon and that is children’s laughter..the one thing I will never grow tired of…….
I do not know how long I’ll live
But while I live, Lord, let me give
Some comfort to someone in need
By smile or nod, kind word or deed.
And let me do what ‘ere I can
To ease things for my fellow man.
I want naught but to do my part
to lift a tired or weary heart.
To change folks’ frowns to smiles again.
Then will I not have lived in vain.
And I’ll not care how long I’ll live
If I can love… and laugh… and give.
I really like this poem. It reminds us to stop thinking about ourselves for a time and notice those around us and do what we can to help them. Something this world needs a little more of I think! It takes a great love to not just love and adore your family; to love everyone around you great or small, friend or foe is a far harder thing. Great Job!
Roses are red
Violets are blue
But what does that prove
I Love YOU
My belle love was forged by heavenly means
She is of gilt as I am of burnt rust
We are as close as she is far, it seems.
But when we meet soon to each we’ll entrust
To entwine our dark and blonde locks of hair
Into Gordian knots. So that we might
Be tied in wedlock as long as we care
To be one of soul for an endless night.
That moment is a year in the making
But will be an eve in the spending
On that point our lives’ course will be breaking
So that our parting will have no mending
Roses are red,
Violets are purkle,
You’ve made my life,
A complete circle.
the walks,
the talks,
the moonlite beach,
hearts a scorch
with the love of life.
My love is as strong now my wife,my love as you know and 16 years ago, I pledged my love and commitment to you, but it seems like only yesterday. I promised to love you, honor you, comfort and keep you. I pledged to be by your side in sickness and in health, in times of want, and times of plenty, for better or worse, for the rest of our lives. We have had all of those things, and you have been by my side as we created a family life, a home, and a life together. Today, at the beginning of our 16th year as husband and wife, in the presence of God,pledging my eternal love for you, and eagerly await what the rest of our lives together may bring us.
Yearning to dive into… the cool waters of your mouth,
Under a torrent of kisses, beneath a blanket of stars,
Oblivious to stark reality, here , only with you
My copious lover, take me away…..
By: Roberta Guindon 2/2/2011
To have someone to talk to & know they Understand, To have someone that gives so much but Never will demand, To have someone stand by you & know they’re Always there. To have someone respect you & know they Always care. You’ve given me a Gift….Something full of Pleasure, You’ve given me your Love, It’s something that I Treasure. You’ve made Hard times much Easier, You bring Happiness to me each Day. Having You to share my life with means more than I can say. When we are old together, & talking about the Past, We will raise our middle finger to those who said we wouldn’t Last! ( 24 years married & counting! ) As Always, Peace to you & yours!
This is the poem I wrote for my baby girl’s memorial. Abigail Methven is who I love always and forever.
Love is unmistakable, it happens in a flash
A feeling indescribable, a bond that’s meant to last
We love you so completely, so dear in our hearts
A precious gift to our family, a miracle from the start
You blessed our life just briefly, you graced us with your charm
God took you home too early dear girl, to be kept safe in his arms
You truly were our treasure, a beautiful baby girl
Big bright eye and perfect toes, and a big full head of curls
Abigail Scott Methven, our darling little girl
You made our family so complete and brought joy to our world.
Thank you for reading.
People love things absentmindedly all the time.
Time passes and love fades as do favorite rhymes.
But love for a child never leaves you blinded.
The passion you foresee is always reminded
This is the on;y person that is a living cell
From you that can not be removed by show and tell.
My son lived a troubled life of failures.
He never gave up on trying different natures,
Personal strife in one’s life should be shared
Families should bind and cope with their cared,
their own resolved problems and their losses.
When my son died unexpectedly at an early age.
I seemed to have been put into a lonely cage.
All the laughs and tears we shared are gone.
I still need to teach him about the wrongs,
The wrongs I did and how I survived the war.
The war we all have to win inside our core
The core of individuality that separates each of us
like the decision to ride the train or take the bus.
I’m sorry Son, God needed you for a special role
in heaven, is why we feel you were to leave your soul for all your family and friends to remember you now
and not see you in so much loneliness and pain
the internal pain we ourselves could not drain.
I’m sorry I did not hear instead of listening to you
I am sorry for scolding your choices, red or blue.
Now you are gone from this earth and moved with God
I know God is the knowledge of all things above,
But I would love for you to be the dove.
To pick me up and save me a seat,
The seat I want is next to your feet.
I love you, Chris
I miss you always
Thank you for your children for me to be reminded of your gifts to the world.
Love Dad
It’s been so long since i saw you,
Thirty years have passed.
And still i really have cared for few…
Its my love for you that lasts.
Now we live so far apart
But i dared to call your home,
Now each day im waiting for
Just your voice on the phone.
I know your vows were made to her
And i can be just your friend,
But til i take my final breath,
My love for you wont end.
-what comes to call-
hours of conversations
wonderful visualizations
phone, text, or computer always a way to talk to each other
you made me your angel of the night
for my dark lord to hold tight
my love for you is stitched into a big quilt
and like a black rose itll never wilt
for you now made my life whole
so you can forever have my heart, body, and soul
i leave it to you to hold
and my love will forever be bold
for you my dark lord this angel is at your ward
my duty for you is to protect your undying love
which i fly down from above as a dark dove
i will never let you down
cause i forever never want you to frown
i hope you will never mind
that you will forever be mine?
Wetness does not always pertain to water
in an ocean, river or lake;
Sometimes it refers to how I feel
when I remember your embrace.
I only have to think of you
to remember me in your arms;
My legs quivering, my mouth moaning
I have fallen captive to your charms.
I long to feel your body on mine
to know the taste of satisfied love;
To lie quietly in your arms
we fit together like a hand to a glove.
You are the sweetheart of my life
you are my one sure bet;
You never have to wonder babe . . .
you can always keep me wet.
i love you
you are my life
you are my all
you are my light
you are my world
i see you in my dreams
like an sweet angel
and i dont want to awake
because you full my soul
you are all my life
so i cant imagine my life without you
dont let me alone
stay with me for ever
because i love you …..
i cant imagine my life without you
i cant imagine my hours without you face in my memory
you are all my life history
i cant imagine the years that come
i cant imagine it if you are not here
without you gaze and you smile
my life cant be the same
beside you i feel that i can fly
more hight than superman
beside you i feel like a hero
your love is my strong my hope
and i just wanna make you happy and give you my life all my life
and take care of your heart……
i love you
I love the sound of the wind across my face,
it really wanted to pick up the pace.
I was just trying to see you, my princess,
cause your just so wonderful to press.
Your love is like a dandilion,
almost like I’m looking at a fierce lion.
Your body moves to and fro like a sea horse
I almost wanna switch because of the recourse.
It’s kind of like a sudden burst of energy,
she’s smooth as a stack of money.
Today I think of you my dear, Your the only one on my mind, It’s really like this everyday, I will love you til the end of time!! Maybe its because its valentines day that I am so warm inside!! But then again I feel this way everyday,my love I cannot hide!! so if I don’t say it everyday,you can still believe it’s true, the one I love is warm and kind, the one I love is YOU!!!!!! Happy Valentines Day!!!! To my Wonderful Husband of 22 years
Cause if death is the wings of the angels,
Then why do butterflies fly?
(If Daddy really loves Mommy,
Then why is she so black and blue?)
If we’re not supposed to talk to strangers,
Then how can we really make friends?
And now I assume, God exists.
Faith, hope and love, all from Him.
And I know for sure
Christ is the cure.
For in God I trust.
He is the truth.
And I wish you could see,
The faith he has in me
To do my best
To make you see…
If we’re all Brothers, and we’re all Sisters,
Then why can’t we… help each other?
If we were all family, and we were all friends,
Imagine the good we could do… BEFORE the end.
But we’re all strangers, without any ties,
Then why do we all live…eye to eye?
I don’t know how you manage
To live, day after day,
Without the Good Lord to guide you
In every way
The Good Lord I love,
and He loves me
more than any else
….I know.
Looking through the past,
It went by too fast.
I’m sorry for all the troubles I’ve caused,
but never once did u say its my fault.
I could never bring the words to my mouth,
Because It could never come out.
But, now is to time to tell you how i feel,
Something that i have never revealed.
So here it goes Mom,
I think you’re the bomb.
I love you with all my heart,
and not even death can tear us apart.
Mom, you’re a wonderful mother,
So gentle, yet so strong.
The many ways you show you care
Always make me feel I belong.
You’re patient when I’m foolish;
You give guidance when I ask;
It seems you can do most anything;
You’re the master of every task.
You’re a dependable source of comfort;
You’re my cushion when I fall.
You help in times of trouble;
You support me whenever I call.
I love you more than you know;
You have my total respect.
If I had my choice of mothers,
You’d be the one I’d select!
From boy to boy I’ve tried my lips,
crush to crush—never a hit, just always a miss.
My first—too wet,
like gulping the sea.
My second—too dry,
I made his cracked lips bleed.
Some kisses I liked, but grew tired quick and sought fresh bliss.
Each time I went in completely open,
feeling like I’d never been kissed
but the one I loved most,
was the one I nearly missed.
Now many years later
And each kiss feels like the first,
Marry me darling,
and make me fall in love again and again with your lips.
special is the love i have for my grandkids laughter, remembering the fun of the past with their parents my heart is filled with the memories i see in them. my heart explodes every time i look in their bright eyes and feel the joy of their every word of asking “may i have this? and saying no when i really mean yes. although they do not understand the way i feel about them, just knowing that they love me is enough to give them my HEART this valentines day and for the rest of my life will be a “HAPPY VALENTINES DAY every day. love grandmom
Baby YoU are the Love of my Life and Your Kisses are the Best !!!!! Happy Valentines Day Allison…..
Our kiss is soft and sweet
It sweeps me off my feet
Our kiss is long and deep
Fond Memories to keep
Our kiss is hard and wet
Something Never to forget
Your hands run thru my hair
Mine on Your soft skin so fair
Our kiss leaves us breathless
Oh so Passionate and restless
Our kiss is like no other
Oh darling can I have Another?
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
Tomorrow,
I’ll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody’ll dare
Say to me,
“Eat in the kitchen,”
Then.
Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed–
I, too, am America.
The One I love
The one I love lives far away
The one I love who I can say
Is the man I love till my dieing day
The one I love is a man you see
The one I love lives in Germany
The one I love lives over seas
as I long for my love in the UK
The one I love I love with all my heart
The one I love I will never part
For the one I love I will never leave
Cos I know through a plane that we can meet
IF I COULD HAVE MY WISHES , IF WISHES DID COME TRUE; I WOULD WISH FOR HAPPINESS, AND A LONG FULL LIFE FOR ME AND YOU.
I LOVE my adopted SON, David he is 20 years old adopted him at 3 months old, everytime i cry when i think about this or write or talk about this. Its because i knew i could not have a child when i got married and never thought i would. And Im so Happy I have a Great SON, even when he thinks his Mom & Dad don’t love or care for him. We LOVE him SO SO much, Even after he told us he was gay & also tried to commit suicide last Valentine. He said no one loved him or cared about him. WE LOVE HIM SO MUCH I WISH HE WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT. HAPPY VALENTINE DAVID LOVE U ALWAYS MOM & DAD
The person I love most in the world
can’t yet tell me that she loves me back,
but I know in my heart
that her love will never lack.
She touches my face
with her soft, tiny hands
and I sit and listen
as she bangs on our pots and pans.
She likes to giggle
and take off her socks.
She’s fast at crawling everywhere,
thank goodness the cabinets have locks!
She copies our sounds
and mimics our faces.
She likes eating bananas
and chewing on shoe laces.
She looks at me every morning
with a twinkle in her eye and a grin on her face
and I know without a doubt
things in my life are in the right place.
The person I love most in the world
can’t yet tell me that she loves me back,
but I know my little daughter does
when she kisses me with a smack.
Here’s a revision to my previous post. I forgot to check the word count before I posted it and it was way over the 100 word limit so I shortened it.
The person I love most in the world
can’t tell me that she loves me back,
but I know in my heart
that my daughters love will never lack.
She touches my face
with her soft, tiny hands
and I sit and listen
as she bangs on pots and pans.
She likes to giggle
and take off her socks.
She’s fast at crawling,
thank goodness the cabinets have locks!
She copies our sounds
and mimics our faces.
She likes eating bananas
and chewing on shoe laces.
Is love kind
is love sweet
is love happy
does anything have it beat?
Is love visible
is love here
is love present
without bringing a tear?
Is love unhappy
is love sad
is love melancholy
when I feel bad?
Is love blind
is love not seen
is love put away
so no one can dream?
So what is love
is it found high or low
everyone asks
but will we ever know?
Written several years back for a friend going through a difficult time.
Love is never lost
until you stop trying.
With every break-up
you can’t quit crying.
Love is never lost
when God is in control.
Let him be your guide,
he will guide your soul.
Love is never lost
when you don’t look back
on the horrible past
that your life doesn’t lack.
Love is never lost
if you keep going
to look for the one
that keeps you growing.
Love is never lost
unless you don’t try
because if you don’t
you never know what might pass you by.
i feel the need to ask of more, yet i find myself in need of more, mi amor, your touch your caress, how you dress your face with your blush when your nervous, i am soley here for you when you need it, my support my love when you need it, my feelings for you run deeper than any needle, tattoo or tabboo im so attracted to you, and this attraction, is sure to attract wind, the way you blow kisses it touches the skin, making it feel so relaxing, my friend my lover my soul’s mate to the very end, im your soulmate like trophies are to champions, your my back pocket i’ll let you hold my change like my personal accountant, share with you equally no matter how far-fetched the fraction……..my girlfriend……..nothing but love for you……..our love will see no end………only the pastence……