Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day
Validating the commercialism,
Always trying to make an impression.
Love is a money spinner because
Everyone needs love and
No one wants to grow old alone.
Tell someone you love them.
Intimacy should be shared but
Never resort to trying to buy another’s love or
Eventually you will go broke.
So show your love by your actions.
Deny the confectioners and florists
Another record Valentine’s Day profit.
Yell to the world, “YOU CAN’T BUY LOVE.”
Valentine’s Day
I look forward to Valentine’s day each year. Although my wife and I show each other love throughout the year it is one day when we go out of our way to tell each other how special we are to on another. We do things to show the other how much we love them e.g. write a love poem, or cook a special meal.
What we don’t do is buy each other gifts like flowers, chocolates etc etc. We don’t support the commercialism associated with Valentine’s Day and others.
An Acrostic Poem
An acrostic poem is a type of poetry where the first, last or other letters in a line spell out a particular word or phrase. The most common and simple form of an acrostic poem is where the first letters of each line spell out the word or phrase.
John Hansen © 2017
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Beautiful tribute to the true purpose of Valentine’s Day and your lovely wife. Well done, John.
Happy Valentine’s Day to you and your beloved.
Thank you for reading, Phyllis. Yes, Happy Valentine’s Day to you also.
Oh! John, I added ‘Acrostic’ sub category to the Poetry parent group. You write an acrostic so well I thought we should have that choice. I used your description for the sub-cat, hope you don’t mind.
Nicely said John, meaning can so easily be lost in all the commercialism. A heart says it best in simplicity. Happy Valentine’s Day my friend.
Thanks, Tony. It is the same with Easter and Christmas etc. Now virtually as soon as Christmas is over you find hot crossed buns and other Easter merchandise on the shelves.
Thanks for doing that, Phyllis. I was going to suggest adding it as a category but I forgot.
Great acrostic piece John. Valentines Day the ultimate commercial holiday, such a garbage day. I celebrate my wife everyday i dont need a holiday to express that love. Good piece, very well written.~Paul
Thank you , Paul, you are a man of my own heart. I agree with you totally that we shouldn’t need a special day to express our love, especially that requires us to try and buy it.
This was wonderfully penned. Valentine’s is like that it should always come from the heart never from the wallet.
Thank you, Rasma. I agree. All your loved one would need is one of your wonderful love poems and it would melt his heart I am sure.
John,
A lovely poem which also radiates wisdom! Indeed, money cannot buy love- not Real Love; True Love.
Money, one day, along with all possessions, will be obsolete, but not so for Love; Love will remain Forever.
A blessing is your poem, John.
Thank you, Tamara. I usually try to portray a message or social commentary in my poems. Glad you found some wisdom in this one.