Nice to know I can at still claim title of "Not bitter", if only by comparison. Lot of crud there, but some gems too (and even the odd really sweet one).
Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
I have VD,
And now you do too.
HAPPY VALENTYMES DAY!!!
Vanilla Doughnuts?
I love you.
whew.
that was easier than i thought it was going to be.
sorry it took five years.
that was pretty lame of me.
i love you.
i love you.
it gets easier the more i do it.
i'm gonna to try it on your sister.
If you stand there
like that
for very much longer
you're really
really
gonna get it.
These many years you've been my masseuse
You make me feel good, my muscles are loose.
But you know what I like on this Valentine's Day?
Couldn't you rub me, you know, "the wrong way"?*
* From WP Style Invitational, my favorite
I've unlisted my number
And changed my address;
Couldn't you love me
A little bit less?
Ding ding! We have a winner:
Just because I'm your uncle
Doesn't mean I cannot love you
The right way.
No Time
She left me. What voice
colder than the wind
out of the grave said: 'It is over'? Impalpable,
invisible, she comes
to me still, as she would
do, and I at my reading.
There is a tremor
of light, as of a bird crossing
the sun's path, and I look
up in recognition
of a presence in absence.
Not a word, not a sound,
as she goes her way,
but a scent lingering
which is that of time immolating
itself in love's fire
RS Thomas
RS Thomas