My Valentine

Valentines are tattered cards
their meaning once conveyed.
On white laced hearts with cupid's darts,
is someone's love displayed.

And hand to heart they're given up,
on one day of the year.
Then put away, re-read someday,
perhaps to draw a tear.

But mine's no heart with lace to fade,
or words just made to rhyme.
For it is real to touch and feel,
on days not Valentine.

About This Poem

Style/Type: Structured: Western

Review Request Direction: How was my language use?
What did you think of the rhythm or pattern or pacing?
How does this theme appeal to you?
How was the beginning/ending of the poem?

Review Request Intensity: I appreciate moderate constructive criticism

Editing Stage: Not actively editing

About the Author

Region, Country: NW Georgia (Fairmount) by way of South and North FLA, USA

Favorite Poets: Robert Frost, T. S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, Carl Sandburg and Ezra Pound. I like these the best but really enjoy many many others like Whitman, Emerson, Whittier and Longfellow.

Comments

Race_9togo

12 years 5 months ago

Greetings Captjack.

I have been away for a little while (again, heehee) so this is the first poem of your's that I have read; I will have to make it a point to read the rest, because this one is good.
I am not a big fan of rhymes. However, in this case the rhyme and rythym that you develop fit very well with the subject matter. To tell you the truth, on the surface your poem reads just like another valentine card's simpering sentimentality, but of course it isn't really that at all, but is instead a quite powerful statement about how you really feel about the object of your desire. I find this powerful, and deceptively light, which only adds to the depth of feeling, imo.

There is notthing wrong with your poem at all, except for this:

"And hand to heart their given up,"

where I think perhaps the word 'their' should be 'they're', as in 'they are'?
But its very minor. This is a good one, and bookmarked.

captjack

12 years 5 months ago

My Valentine

Thanks for the read and comments Jim. I can't believe I made such a silly error. I never noticed it until you pointed it out. Forrest and trees. Thanks again.

Gerry

Frenchf

12 years 5 months ago

I liked it

With the alteration