A thread for this Valentine's weekend.
Some of us are fortunate to have, or have had, a special person to celebrate occasions like this with. I know it's all a bit commercial, but in this age of cynicism and hate let's stop for a moment to celebrate those we love, we have loved, we have perhaps loved from afar, or those precious loved ones who are no longer with us.
Love is pretty cool in all its forms.
Bless you all, my supporters and detractors alike, and...
Happy Valentine's Weekend 🙂
Originally posted by divegeesterHow very romantic and thoughtful of you!
A thread for this Valentine's weekend.
Some of us are fortunate to have, or have had, a special person to celebrate occasions like this with. I know it's all a bit commercial, but in this age of cynicism and hate let's stop for a moment to celebrate those we love, we have loved, we have perhaps loved from afar, or those precious loved ones who are no ...[text shortened]... s.
Bless you all, my supporters and detractors alike, and...
Happy Valentine's Weekend 🙂
I hope you and FMF have a fabulous weekend together; you two really deserve it after all the pounding you take on here...
Originally posted by FreakyKBHI was going to make a comment about "pounding" and FMF's propensity for hanging out in dodgy Jakarta bars.
How very romantic and thoughtful of you!
I hope you and FMF have a fabulous weekend together; you two really deserve it after all the pounding you take on here...
But decided against it.
Quite a lot of Indonesians do something to mark Valentine's Day - encouraged by retailers and advertisers - but there are many (Muslims) who do not like 'celebrating' a day named after Christian saint. Such objections are normally something akin to the objections among many Christians about how trashy and secular Christmas has become, but in other somewhat rarer cases the objection is quite staunch and rooted in religious ideology ~ wherein... a pious Muslim has no business getting involved in commercialised, pseudo-Christian froth, it's wrong to see such contamination as 'harmless' etc. etc.
Poem in Prose
This poem is for my wife.
I have made it plainly and honestly:
The mark is on it
Like the burl on the knife.
I have not made it for praise.
She has no more need for praise
Than summer has
Or the bright days.
In all that becomes a woman
Her words and her ways are beautiful:
Love's lovely duty,
the well-swept room.
Wherever she is there is sun
And time and a sweet air:
Peace is there,
Work done.
There are always curtains and flowers
And candles and baked bread
And a cloth spread
And a clean house.
Her voice when she sings is a voice
At dawn by a freshening spring
Where the wave leaps in the wind
And rejoices.
Wherever she is it is now.
It is here where the apples are:
Here in the stars,
In the quick hour.
The greatest and richest good,
My own life to live in,
This she has given me --
If giver could.
By Archibald MacLeish
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Here's a lovely poem apropos of Valentine's Day February 14, 2016.
The post that was quoted here has been removedSome people think
That seeing is believing
Some people believe
In things unseen
Some people know things
Because they feel them
But I don’t believe you know
How I feel
I've had my moments on peaky mountains
But many more on choppy seas
I’ve seen some things
That you’ll never believe
So I don’t think you can know
How I feel
Put your fingers in my wounds
Run them all along my scars
You can’t run fingers
Through somebody’s hair
And then think that you know
Who they are
I have tumbled down my mountains
But I have prospered on shiny seas
I've seen some things
That I need you to believe
Because I hope you can know
How I feel
[for those who haven't necessarily always found finding love so easy]
