A ST. VALENTINE'S DAY POEM

(Apology for)

A ST. VALENTINE’S DAY POEM

 

Do you remember the time

You laughed when I said

I would send you a Valentine?

And you said “Write me a St. Valentine’s Day poem.”

Well here is such a poem

Any greater pen would spurn,

But surely any lesser ink

Would fail before these lines:

Today

Here

Now

I want you, girl

To be my Valentine.

Do you remember the time

You laughed when I said

You were beautiful? Well you are,

And here is a poem to prove it.

For poems are not written about plain women

And poems are not written by beautiful men

Especially at Valentide.