Archive for March 6th, 2009

The days of gentlemen sitting at their desks for hours penning stanza after stanza of deeply felt emotion are over, right? After all, who actually takes the time to put pen to paper anymore? We have computers for quick emails and cell phones for text messaging. With the price of stamps, forget putting anything in the mail!

If this is your way of thinking, then you need to reconsider.

Taking the time out of your busy life to actually write a love poem-or to look one up if you aren’t poetic-is actually one of the most special things you can do for your spouse or lover in our times. Just the fact that very few people do it anymore makes it more impressive. Love is what drives a person to put pen to paper and spill their emotions, and love is what will be felt as your object of affection reads your lines.

If you’re thinking poetry is hard, you are correct. If you are thinking you have no rhythm or you don’t know how to rhyme, no worries! Writing anything about what you feel deep inside is hard, whether it be a poem or just a love letter. When you are past those pimply years of raging hormones where every breath you take is filled with emotion, it is harder to get in touch with what your feelings and put them into words. The pressure to create clever lines that flow well together only makes it worse.

And that is exactly what makes love poems more special today than they ever were! You don’t have to be Shakespeare for your spouse to respond to the words you write. Just get them on that paper no matter how many times you have to start over. One way to do this is to just sit down and start writing about how feel about your spouse. You can write about their physical appearance, special times you had together, and your overall feelings toward them. Let the pen flow (or warm up your keyboard) and write whatever comes to mind.

You may be very surprised at what comes out.

After you have that text down in front of you, forming a love poem will be easier. You have material at hand and have explored some of the things you might like your poem to say. Now get busy forming lines, and no they do not have to rhyme!