Valentines Day Poems

Poetry is one of the oldest forms of communication - it is believed by many that the word "poetry" originates from the Greek word poesis - which means making or creating. The dictionary meaning of it is: the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts. Valentines Day poems are a great way of expressing your feelings for your loved one.

We may be accustomed to identifying poetry with Shakespeare, Dante and Goethe and think of poetry as being written in rhyming lines and regular meter, but it doesn't have to be. Traditionally one would pen their own poem for Valentines Day, however these days you can get a professional poet to do it for you.

If you do want write your own romantic poem this Valentines, here are a few tips to help you do it.

1. As quickly as you can write about the first time met your loved one and remember the feelings you felt when you realised you were in love and importantly how you feel about your Valentine right now. This will now create the main framework of your Valentines poem - tying these three important stages of your relationship together.
   
   
2. Go through the words you wrote down in step 1 and replace any weak verbs with stronger verbs (weak verbs are normally those ending in "ed". A typical one would be "when we first kissed". You could replace that with "our very first kiss" - notice how it makes it seem more personal to the reader. Also replace any pronouns ("he", "it", "which", and "those",) with proper nouns (proper nouns are the names of unique entities. like John, Paul) .
   
   Words depicting our five senses taste, touch, sight, smell and sound really work well for a romantic poem.
   
   
3. Go through your text and and choose a central metaphor (means - A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in "a sea of troubles") to tie the three moments together. This is the most challenging part of writing your poem - choosing a metaphor . Don't hold back on it be daring when choosing a metaphor - avoid cliche's. If you get stuck for a metaphor search the internet for ideas.
   
   
4. Rewrite your text using the metaphor to describe the three key moments in your relationship
   
   
5. Now read out loud your revised text, if anything sounds a bit "off" to you, change it. As you read it out loud, make a note of any points where you feel there there is even the slightest pause in the flow of writing.
   
   
6. Rewrite the poem on paper, putting a break where you made the notes in step 5.
   
   
7. Type the poem up or write it out in your best handwriting.

Now this is the most important part of your love poem - the presentation. We recommend getting it printed onto a canvas or having it framed. CLICK HERE to see this in our gift ideas section