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Love Poems to Make Your Girlfriend Cry on Valentine’s Day

Are you looking for Valentine’s Day poems to give your girlfriend? Then you’ve come to the right spot! In this article, we will take a look at some of the best love poems ever created to help you give your girl the romantic day she craves.

[Tip: Handwrite one of these poems on a card or stationary paper, draw some hearts, and wrap a bow around it]

Keep reading to find these fantastic poems to…

Love Poetry: “Growth” by Gary R. Hess

GROWTH by Gary R. Hess

The trees never swayed until you smiled. The grass never grew until you laughed.

And when the leaves began to fall and dry upon the earth, they absorbed into the soil. Trees and grass began to grow, and fresh leaves lived. (more…)

Celebrate Lincoln's birtday by reading some of his poetry! #lincolnsbday #happybirthdaylincoln #poetry

Abraham Lincoln may be best known for his Gettysburg Address and winning the Civil War, but he should be also remembered as an avid reader and amateur poet. Reading these poems is a fantastic way to celebrate Lincoln’s birthday on February 12.

Like many of us, Lincoln began writing poetry as a teenager. This is one of his first poems:

Abraham Lincoln his hand and pen he will be good but god knows…

“A Visit from St. Nicholas” by Clement Clarke Moore – Analysis and Poem

Synopsis of “A Vist from St. Nicholas”

This poem, commonly known as “Twas the Night Before Christmas” is attributed to Clement Clarke Moore under the title “A Visit from St. Nicholas”. However, there is some speculation that the poem was actually written by Henry Livingston, Jr. and is an ongoing controversy on who was the real author. The poem was written in 1822 and is now a holiday favorite.

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Christmas Imagined by Gary R. Hess – A Holiday Poem

CHRISTMAS IMAGINED by Gary R. Hess

Grasses frosted, branches iced, with snowflakes flowing down.

Children singing, music playing, with toys along the ground. (more…)

“Thanksgiving Trifecta” by Gary R. Hess – A Holiday Poem

THANKSGIVING TRIFECTA by Gary R. Hess

Stuffing, turkey, and dinner rolls: the glorious Thanksgiving trifecta, bring happiness and fulfillment into our mouths unto our souls.

These foods are but a metaphor for all we have thankful: our homes, our friends, our labors… (and those which gave us favors) (more…)

“Without You” by Gary R. Hess – A Remembrance Poem

WITHOUT YOU by Gary R. Hess

I spent my days with you gossiping and rambling nonsense. Often times you seemed not to care, but I know you did. You showed me many times before, and I wish to have shown you so much more but now you’re gone– away from me.

Away from all the grief and pain which has hurt us all in times, again– but now it’s you.

You left me with a hole unfilled and this hole is ever big

“Touch” by Octavio Paz – Analysis and Poem

Synopsis

In the poem “Touch” by Octavio Paz, the speaker states that his hands open the reader’s person, dresses the person in more nudity, and uncovers more bodies under the person’s body. His hands then invent a whole new body for the reader’s body.

Analysis

As always, there are several ways to interpret this poem. However, I am of the belief the author was using “hands” as a figurative word…

“I Never Saw a Moor” by Emily Dickinson – Analysis and Poem

Synopsis

The first stanza of “I Never Saw a Moor” states the speaker hasn’t traveled often but still has an idea of what the places look like.

She hasn’t seen a moor nor the sea but she knows what a heather looks like and she understands what a wave is.

The second stanza says she didn’t talk with God and hasn’t been to heaven but she knows where heaven is and how to get there. (more…)

“Tree” by Gary R. Hess – A Personification and Nature Poem

TREE by Gary R. Hess

Dancing in the wind, they shook their fingers with movement made by songs of peace to remind them of their moment in nature’s breast with serenity and joyfulness. Their Spring paste was escaping them. widdled and shrunken like a Senior’s hands– time has left their somber side.

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Sometimes we see the Earth alive and moving. We see it breathing, swaying, walking, running, and…

“Teenage Life” by Gary R. Hess – A Poem About Life

TEENAGE LIFE by Gary R. Hess

Teenage dreams and teenage pangs come as one but leave as two. Dreams are first to leave in vain as lives shiver in their change. Pangs then last for years or more ’til we utter out our sighs.

Forgiveness brings us peaceful rest and dissipates our pangs. Our dreams will come again in time and take us to our skies. (more…)

The Eclipse – A Haiku

Disappearing sun bright in the afternoon sky– Just usually (more…)

"Cruelty of Life" by Gary R. Hess - A Political Poem #poetry #politics #poetryslam

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Hurry! Get Gary R. Hess’s new poetry book entitled “Heaven’s Dishes” absolutely free on July 7 and 8 only!

“Heaven’s Dishes” follows Gary and his love of food through various courses like stromboli, hamburgers, and burritos. He uses euphemisms, metaphors, similes, and more to describe his love of food and what it means for him and his fellow Americans.

Download the book for free here!

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Buy “Heaven’s Dishes” Now – Bright Dreams Journal Volume 9 Released

You can all breathe with ease. Bright Dreams Journal Volume 9 is now released.

From Amazon:

Gary R. Hess summons his inner Walt Whitman–if Whitman was funny–and displays to the world his love of food in a magnificent manner. Discover the taste of delicious culinary greatness like never before through these beautiful and humorous poems.

Depictions of dishes from burritos to strombolis will whet…

On Healthcare by Gary R. Hess – A Political Poem

“On Healthcare” by Gary R. Hess

Yes Karl Marx was to the extreme but that doesn’t mean we must be, and I hope we can all agree that something needs to be between you and me to keep us free to let us be to gather information and let us decide who is best for us and the whole country. (more…)

Trump’s Luscious Hair by Gary R. Hess – A Short Political Poem

“Trump’s Luscious Hair” by Gary R. Hess

Trump’s luscious hair makes Russians truly dare to take his hand and stare and make a swear: (more…)