Poems for Valentine’s
Members of the community put pen to paper and shared their love poems to mark Valentine’s Day 2021.
Love Through the Ages
By Arthur Wilson
In Shakespeare’s time
Love poems would rhyme
With “hast” and “thee”
And “thou” and “me”.
As time progressed
The rhyme grew less
The words less formal
The tone more normal.
So, in love poems now
We will allow
Love to be shown
In any way known.
Just say
I
Love
You
Mum to Son: A Silly Poem
by A Bournheath Resident
I loved you as a baby
Even when changing your nappy.
Your wonderful beautiful smile
Would always make me happy.
I loved you as a child
Thriving at Fairfield First School.
Your imaginative stories
Always seemed so cool.
I loved you as a teenager
When you communicated in grunts,
Even though sometimes
You barely spoke for months.
I loved you as a student
Despite the vast expense,
The late nights and the alcohol.
My love must be immense!
Now you’re living miles away
With one job, then another.
But wherever you are, my love is still there.
From your embarrassing mother.
Lasting Love
By Becky Wood
Every day
Regardless of the weather,
An elderly couple
Walks past my house.
She walks with a stick;
He walks at her pace.
Every day
They smile and chat.
Every day
They are synchronised.
Their paces match.
Their hats match.
Is this perfect love?
Infinite Love
by A Bournheath Resident
“The capacity
To love
Is infinite.”
So said
The mother
Giving birth
To her fourteenth child
And loving him
Just as much
As numbers
One to thirteen.
Love at First Sight
By Nalgar
I was young,
On my own,
Minding my own business,
When he walked in.
What would have been
Had he not been there,
Where would my life have taken me,
Had our eyes not met?
Was it love at first sight?
I do not know.
He held me in his arms,
I felt warm and secure.
At times he was commanding,
Always gentle and kind,
But I pulled the strings,
A relationship was born.
We’ve been together
Four years and more,
He lies down beside me,
And I give him a doggy yawn.