Cointest: Valentine

[+BrierPatch]

I received my Valentines compass Rose & Pendant coins today. I think Mike did a fantastic job on this coin! I believe there are still some for sale at his new site. Here

 

Now for the cointest:

Poetry or Prose about that special someone in your life. All posts should be original and by you, Ive read enough Whitman and Longfellow and want to read yours. It does not have to be good, just original, it does not have to be long a simple Haiku would suffice. It does need to clean and family friendly.

 

One post per user per twenty four hour period. I will pick a winner on Saturday night and another on Monday and attempt to get the winnings to you in time for Valentine's Day.

[+Team CeDo]

oops double posted

Edited February 6, 2009 by Team CeDo

[+tsunrisebey]

Not really entering but I thought it would be fun to write a little something for a special soul that touched my life

 

I wake up each morning

to your smiling face,

 

It's tucked behind glass

your memory encased.

 

Some times I stop

and give you a touch,

 

It's the best I can do

I can give you that much.

 

At times I do think

that I see you run by,

 

I turn and I look

and remember good bye.

 

I still have your old chair

it sits in the yard,

 

Can't take it away

it's really too hard.

 

Memories they come

and some make me smile,

 

Yet the pain is still there

but give me awhile.

 

While I still feel sad

I feel really blessed,

 

To have shared your short life

you gave me your best.

 

Little wet kisses

upon my dry cheek,

 

A jump and a bark

a dogs muddy feet.

 

Squeekies and bones

and fresh pizza crust,

 

Were things that you loved

but pig ears a must!

 

A wiggle of your bottom

and a howl of your own,

 

I knew you were happy

to see your mommy come home.

 

You know you were loved

and today you still are,

 

From my mind and my heart

you're never far.

 

A dog is a friend

loyal and true,

 

A gift from above

Cowboy, I love you.

[+GATOULIS]

LOVE… what is the meaning of Love???

 

Can anyone give an exact meaning?

Such a small word, but so powerful!

Love… a feeling that is changing all the time!

Different feeling for different person, but it is still love!

You love your mother, your father, your brothers, your sisters, your friends…..your other half of your life!

All the time different love… but always a great and unique feeling!!!

 

Even if I have to talk about erotic love…. In every human it is different!

 

Many choose not to show what they feel, or show only some, just because they afraid…. I choose not to hide it!

Love is making me stronger! Love is making me feel alive! Love is making me feel close to God!

 

Maybe that is why ancient Greeks had Eros (Erotas = love) as a flying angel god! One arrow from his bow and you were condemned….

 

Love is the water of life….but love makes us all look crazy!

Love can make us blind, but it can surely make us feel like small Gods! Oh yes!!!!

It is so powerful that o matter of previous mistakes, we keep doing them again and again… everything in the name of love!

 

Great things happened because of love, many things were done!

 

Wars….do you remember the Trojan War?

Taj Mahal…. One of the greatest monuments of Love….. But… it is just a grave!!!

Stories, poems… were written, with happy end or not! All countriens have similar writings, in every language that is spoken!!!

…Romeo & Juliet….The couple – symbol of all lovers….

 

Tons of paper… liters of ink was spent to write what we feel… to write what we want to say but we can’t!

No matter if we have already read them… they still keep their power, they are still unique, and they are still so beautiful… no matter when or where they were written! Love, love, love….

 

The one who will find true love, the one who will feel pure love, is blessed by God!

You can recognize him from the shine on his/her face, of the smile he/she has…

The blessed one feels like he/she is not even standing on the ground! He/she just flies on the air!!!

 

Ancient Greeks had separated love! They had “Erotas” and “Agapi”!!! But why???

Did they actually search more????

 

Erotas is what we feel at the beginning! All the power, all the enthusiasm, the power, the burn in our heart, the explosion of feelings that we can not control….the waves of passion that makes you feel that nothing can stop you!!!

 

But what is Agapi??? Agapi is the real love!

When all that calm down, we can see clearly and feel the purity of what we feel! Our true feelings!!!!

 

I heard once that Erotas is like a balloon that is full of air! Very slowly the air comes out!

Agapi stays for ever!!! Agapi never dies! That is love!!!

 

I do not know what to write about what I feel when my girlfriend is next to me! I do not know what to write when she is away and I can not see her!

 

Sometimes you just can not write these things! If you write them they may lose their power….

 

Love….. Love is when you are thinking her all the time! Love is when you miss her from the time she tells you goodnight!

 

If a star was falling every time I was thinking of her… the moon would realize what loneliness is!

 

Love is to look deep in her eyes, the mirrors of her soul, feel her warmth, travel in the blue of her eyes, in magic places… Love is to getting drunk by smelling her perfume… Love is to hold her in you arms, to caress her hair, her chick.. And feel so good!!! Love is when you kiss her to feel like you are trembling! Maybe you are!!!

Love is when you taste her lips while you are kissing, and it is like you taste a sweet from Heaven! That is love!! When you feel that you are in heaven… when you can even hear the music from the angels….

 

Ok… Love is something else too.. But I will not go there….

 

Love is to see in her, your other half, the woman of your life, the mother of your children!!!

 

I believe in life, because without it there is not love

I believe in love because without it her do not exist..

I believe in her because without you I do not exist either!!!

 

Love can even change time!!!

I learned in school that 1 day has 24 hours!

1 hour has 60 minutes….

1 minute has 60 seconds…

But none taught me that a second away from you is like a century….

 

So… Am I in love???… Maybe...

 

Sorry if my post is huge! I just started writing and…

[+Team CeDo]

We like the same things

like walks in the woods.

 

We love to go Geocaching

would go more often

if we could.

 

Our love is forever

that I can tell.

 

Our hearts beat together

like two peanuts in a

shell.

 

I can't imagine living

without you in my life.

 

This is why i'm asking

you to be my wife.

[+cache_in_hand]

Forever More

 

When brown eyes first beheld me

I was yours forever more

As the world melted around me

And my heart began to soar

 

All words, they seemed to vanish

I was stunned... What could I do

But be captured by the magic

As I first laid eyes on you

 

So moved, Yet so unmoving

Standing locked within your gaze

My insides all but churning

And my mind a golden haze

 

Wrapped around your finger

Sudden victim to your charm

I was yours right then completely

I was safe and I was warm

 

When brown eyes first beheld me

I was yours forever more

For they gazed so deep within me

Looking right through every door

 

And they whispered I have found you

And I'll never let you go

Now becomes forever

Once connected soul to soul

Edited February 6, 2009 by cache_in_hand

[+Wandering Vikings]

It may not be poetry but...

On our wedding day someone gave us some bath crayons as part of a gift basket.

We soon found a use for them, leaving little love notes and pictures on the shower walls.

Here is just a small sampling of some of our "art" to each other.

Thanks for the fun cointest!

[+rbsb178]

My husband is the nano in the forest

Five difficulty

Five terrain

Hard to find

But once found

Happiness, Jubilation, Satisfaction

[+LadyBee4T]

Not really entering but I thought it would be fun to write a little something for a special soul that touched my life

 

I wake up each morning

to your smiling face,

 

It's tucked behind glass

your memory encased.

 

Some times I stop

and give you a touch,

 

It's the best I can do

I can give you that much.

 

At times I do think

that I see you run by,

 

I turn and I look

and remember good bye.

 

I still have your old chair

it sits in the yard,

 

Can't take it away

it's really too hard.

 

Memories they come

and some make me smile,

 

Yet the pain is still there

but give me awhile.

 

While I still feel sad

I feel really blessed,

 

To have shared your short life

you gave me your best.

 

Little wet kisses

upon my dry cheek,

 

A jump and a bark

a dogs muddy feet.

 

Squeekies and bones

and fresh pizza crust,

 

Were things that you loved

but pig ears a must!

 

A wiggle of your bottom

and a howl of your own,

 

I knew you were happy

to see your mommy come home.

 

You know you were loved

and today you still are,

 

From my mind and my heart

you're never far.

 

A dog is a friend

loyal and true,

 

A gift from above

Cowboy, I love you.

 

Wonderful Tsun! It brought tears to my eyes. All I have to do is change the name in the last line to my dogs that are waiting for me at the Bridge

[+The 4 F's]

I agree with LadyBee4T. Tsun, that WAS beautiful!!! You were blessed with Cowboy, but it's very evident that he, too, was very blessed to have you for a "mommy"!

[+DJ.J.ROCK]

It may not be poetry but...

On our wedding day someone gave us some bath crayons as part of a gift basket.

We soon found a use for them, leaving little love notes and pictures on the shower walls.

Here is just a small sampling of some of our "art" to each other.

Thanks for the fun cointest!

thats awsome,, sounds like something fun to do!! i may have to try that.

[+LadyBee4T]

It may not be poetry but...

On our wedding day someone gave us some bath crayons as part of a gift basket.

We soon found a use for them, leaving little love notes and pictures on the shower walls.

Here is just a small sampling of some of our "art" to each other.

Thanks for the fun cointest!

thats awsome,, sounds like something fun to do!! i may have to try that.

 

With a toddler around I'm not sure I would want her imitating crayon art on your real walls though!

[+DJ.J.ROCK]

army chant..

 

I dont know what i been told..

i thought our heart was made of gold

 

can we stand the test of time..

loving you is not a crime

 

fortune lovers fake and weak...

those are lovers i dont seek

 

hold my baby close and warm..

in the middle of a thunderstorm

 

ill be lovin you on the 4th of july

ill be lovin you till the day i die.

 

sound off 1.2-3 4

[+Butterfly_lady]

Loved him yesterday.

Love him still...

Always will.

[+Mar-elendili]

Treasure Chest (yes, this was written for the one who is now my dear husband! How appropriate!)

 

In the centre of a maze

In the middle of my quest

Amid a rainbow-like haze

I have found a treasure chest

 

It's not an ordinary container

It's all made out of oak tree

With a golden fastener

And it's got a chiselled key

 

Through the keyhole I can see

Lots of glittering jewels

Like a tree full of squirrels

Like a grove with a pixie

 

I still don't know

All the treasures there's inside

I only know

My misfortune has died

 

I see something and I crouch

Between the roots of a tree

There is a small leather pouch

Seems to be waiting for me

 

The leather is beautifully hand-carved

Closed by a bright red thonging

Try to squeeze it and inside

I can feel a precious ring

 

It's maybe a sapphire

Perhaps even a diamond

It's a stone full of fire

A new gem every second

 

I still don't know

All the treasures there's inside

I only know

My misfortune has died

[ATMouse]

Whatever should we natter on

about what love is, now and gone?

Cynics sneer and poets write

in verses pure and scribbles trite

of love's romance and heart's desire,

of ashes cold and passions tired.

 

And silly me, I've gone and tried

to match their feats, (such reckless pride!)

and dared to rhyme a line or two

or three, if that what makes the glue

that holds the meter tight and true

about our love, twixt me and you.

 

But clumsy me, I haven't yet

found the words or phrases that

will tell the real, the true, the right,

the best, the core, of what ignites

our hearts' commitment through the years

of work and play, of joy and tears.

[BoatBird]

Together we make plans for the future

But we live for the here and the now

The way I feel when we're together

So I hold tight, breathe deep and let go.

 

By me c.2002 (woah- updated 2009!)

Just a little one thanks for the cointest and Happy Valentines day from Cyprus (have to get the wishes in early as post take so long from here LOL)

[+Turlutortue]

I am not that good in english but here it goes:

 

To my husband

 

I love you because

 

I found you 40 years ago

You are my friend, my companion, my lover

You are with me for the right reasons

You are beside me with the cancer of our son

You are beside me every day, the good and bad ones

YOU ARE my soul mate

Thanks for being there with me.

Tomorrow is forever

[+SgtMikal]

This definitely isn't very long, but I wrote this one line in a card when I was courting my then-girlfriend. We have been married for just over 10 years now, and it still holds true.

 

I told her, "I love you - madly and gladly."

 

She still talks about that line and how much she liked it. Thought I would share. Thanx for hte cointest.

[+drneal]

There once was a coin from Nantucket...oops...nevermind!

[+drneal]

let's try this again. Not entering...the coins are beautiful though.

 

For Christmas w years ago I gave my mother-in law and father-inlaw a pirolette, a custom cut pedestal, form a group called turn your head. with it, a story about the pirolette...I think the story can pass as prose:

 

Once upon a time there lived a beautiful and kind princess (Kathy.) She lived with her 3 wicked stepsisters, but that's another story!

 

One day while attending a local christmas ritual, she met a talking frog (me.) She kissed the frog , and while he didn't turn into a prince, he certainly felt like a king.

 

Eventually they married, moved to the not so far away land of Marienstadt, and adopted 3 handsome (but hairy,) princes (Brandy...at the bridge, Logan and Heineken.)

 

Sadly one day while driving home to visit with the royal family the princess was taken away by an evil dragon. But as she dissappeared, the princess, brave and honorable, could be heard to say...

 

Look for me in faraway places, and close to home...

 

I'll be there.

 

In the sunshine warming your shoulders, in the gentle breezes cooling your face...

 

and even in the simplest of forms...

 

I'll be there!

 

I'll be there!

 

attached, a picture of the pirolette. Look closely at the sides of the pedestal...You'll see a profile, my wife's profile.

 

 

Happy valentine's day Kathy!

 

ILYK

[+sunsetmeadowlark]

Poetry isn't my thing, it's my husbands. But here's my attempt at a simple haiku.

 

My darling my love

you are so special to me

so lost without you

[+BrierPatch]

Forever More

 

When brown eyes first beheld me

I was yours forever more

As the world melted around me

And my heart began to soar

 

All words, they seemed to vanish

I was stunned... What could I do

But be captured by the magic

As I first laid eyes on you

 

So moved, Yet so unmoving

Standing locked within your gaze

My insides all but churning

And my mind a golden haze

 

Wrapped around your finger

Sudden victim to your charm

I was yours right then completely

I was safe and I was warm

 

When brown eyes first beheld me

I was yours forever more

For they gazed so deep within me

Looking right through every door

 

And they whispered I have found you

And I'll never let you go

Now becomes forever

Once connected soul to soul

 

First off thanks to all who have posted, there is some really good stuff here Sofi I loved the wedding day crayons! Tsun you took us through four different emotions with that tribute to Cowboy! ATmouse I loved the meter and word usage surprises thank you. I could not pick a winner so what does a man do when he is undecided? I made my wife pick it!

So cache in hand wins today Email me your adress and whether you would like the pendant or coin. Also since the selecting is so difficult perhaps you can pick the next winner for me sunday night?

[+cache_in_hand]

BrierPatch, Thanks so much for the cointest and for picking Chuck's poem. (but I have green eyes so I wonder who this poem is for?) LOL just kidding! I love this coin, so thanks again.

Wanna

[+mfamilee]

I wrote this little poem to my husband of 10 years shortly after meeting him.

 

Catch me if you can

I am your willing prey

I want to be caught in your arms

And feel the strength of your embrace

 

[ATMouse]

Forever More

 

When brown eyes first beheld me

I was yours forever more

As the world melted around me

And my heart began to soar

 

All words, they seemed to vanish

I was stunned... What could I do

But be captured by the magic

As I first laid eyes on you

 

So moved, Yet so unmoving

Standing locked within your gaze

My insides all but churning

And my mind a golden haze

 

Wrapped around your finger

Sudden victim to your charm

I was yours right then completely

I was safe and I was warm

 

When brown eyes first beheld me

I was yours forever more

For they gazed so deep within me

Looking right through every door

 

And they whispered I have found you

And I'll never let you go

Now becomes forever

Once connected soul to soul

 

First off thanks to all who have posted, there is some really good stuff here Sofi I loved the wedding day crayons! Tsun you took us through four different emotions with that tribute to Cowboy! ATmouse I loved the meter and word usage surprises thank you. I could not pick a winner so what does a man do when he is undecided? I made my wife pick it!

So cache in hand wins today Email me your adress and whether you would like the pendant or coin. Also since the selecting is so difficult perhaps you can pick the next winner for me sunday night?

 

 

CONGRATS!!!To cache in hand - it was your poem that threw down the gauntlet! (Well..yours and tsun's - dang girl, you rip my heart out!!!)

[+BrierPatch]

Ok There is not to much interest in this cointest so we will end it a day early ans anounce the last two winners ATmouse & Tsun. Thanks to those that played and we can now consider this cointest closed

[+cache_in_hand]

Congrats ATmouse and Tsun. Very well deserved.

[ATMouse]

 

I won sumfin'...?!?!

 

 

I did!!

 

Whooot!!!

 

Thank you very much!!

[LoriDarlin]

Congrats to the winners!!

 

I loved reading all of them even though I didn't participate (saw it too late)

 

Thanks for your cointest

[ATMouse]

 

Received the package yesterday and found not only the VERY lovely Compass Rose coin..and "WOW" for the translucent green enamel on the back side and it is a bold choice and BEAUTIFUL!!! - though the roses on the other side, recessed in, are also terrific!! - but a very cool pathtag.

 

Dang! This was very generous and I want to tell you thank you for this gift from a great heart.

 

You picked the right theme for your coin - from the heart; it matches your generousity.

 

Thank you again!

 

<does little mousie dance with one clutched in each paw>

 

Whoo-hoo!!!

[+hollora]

 

Received the package yesterday and found not only the VERY lovely Compass Rose coin..and "WOW" for the translucent green enamel on the back side and it is a bold choice and BEAUTIFUL!!! - though the roses on the other side, recessed in, are also terrific!! - but a very cool pathtag.

 

Dang! This was very generous and I want to tell you thank you for this gift from a great heart.

 

You picked the right theme for your coin - from the heart; it matches your generousity.

 

Thank you again!

 

<does little mousie dance with one clutched in each paw>

 

Whoo-hoo!!!

 

Congrats on your win! Nice things for nice people! That coin is a beauty!