Tag Archives: Valentine’s Day

The Man on the Train (a Valentine’s Day story)

Posted on February 14, 2017 by peri, poet.

. I sit perched on the edge of the aisle seat yet sitting up as straight as I can with my shoulders back and pulling my tummy in, as close as I can get to working out on this long … Continue reading →

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A poem for my Valentine (edit*)

Posted on February 13, 2017 by peri, poet.

. Years later, I feel the imprint of you your smile in blurred permanence graces the back of my mind there I still see our shadows upon city sidewalks and we as clay shaped in the spaces we shared you … Continue reading →

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A poem for my Valentine . . .

Posted on February 12, 2017 by peri, poet.

. Dear Valentine, I didn’t realize that you were my Valentine, my truest love, my closest friend and caretaker, until well after our time had passed, until your life went in one direction and mine in another. Years later, I … Continue reading →

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How to Love.

Posted on February 10, 2017 by peri, poet.

. How to Love: Like you breathe Like you run Like you wish another sun . then bask in the glow Reach high and Stretch and Never let it go. . .

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of Love.

Posted on February 13, 2016 by peri, poet.

. Talk of Love, it’s Valentine’s Day, think of love, think the world away. Think of giving until giving has no measure, of peace, overflowing over pleasure, where heaven meets earth though with crash and not neatly, yet all the mess and pain vanish even … Continue reading →

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Light.

Posted on February 11, 2016 by peri, poet.

. Light is brighter at the ocean’s edge, reflecting water and white sands. I bask and shade my eyes, take as much sunlight as I can. Light is golden in the Renaissance city, lovingly held by centuries of stone. I am part of that light … Continue reading →

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Crazy little place called Love . . .

Posted on February 3, 2016 by peri, poet.

. Love is where Alone goes when it gathers its optimism, feels buoyant again – able to try, to give, to compromise, put perfection aside as well as words from the wise; to be in a state of Imperfect Bliss – or to dare the Together … Continue reading →

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Love Potion . . .

Posted on February 2, 2016 by peri, poet.

. Velvet cloud, angel sing, brightest star meandering – the heavenliest potions I could brew wouldn’t change me – and I wouldn’t change You. .   Valentine’s Day will soon be here, and I wish you Love! Stay tuned for more love poems, … Continue reading →

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Trip of a lifetime…

Posted on January 17, 2016 by peri, poet.

. She is planning a marvelous trip, the only destination: Away, far from the noise of You Shoulds, over near Kind for a Day, leaving behind brattle and scourge, down to the river Just Play, near to the county of Heart, where all … Continue reading →

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