As one of the #PoetryPals, I'm joining the Poetry Sisters, Tanita, Laura, Mary Lee, Liz, Sara, Tricia, and Kelly, for their February challenge.
This month the Poetry Sisters invited all writers to create epistolary poetry in the form of a love poem. Epistolary poems are, quite literally, poems that read as letters. As poems of direct address, they can be intimate and colloquial or formal and measured (Academy of American Poets). I decided to create a small bank of heartnotes (aka valentines) that tugged at my heartstrings and led me in different directions.
I see love through my family as they share precious life moments, smiles, laughter, and joy. Ordinary moments bring us together to discover what love is.
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Love's Emotional Ties
This poem is dedicated to my 2nd grandgirl who has a bright smile.
Childlove is the beginning of lasting friendships!
small poem
It is my hope that this little 4-year-old miss will grow in love to bring
continuous sunshine to those around her.
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The poem below shares the love of little sisters who happen to be my grandgirls.
childlove
priceless treasure
like glistening shells
swishing in ocean waves
keepsakes
©CVarsalona, January 2024
Elfchen poem
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Dear Me,
There have been six and a half years of being
a Grandma like my mother and Nonnie.
What have you learned?
There is a special love
seated deep inside a heart.
It is a thumping, wondrous love
that offers more
sweetness than chocolate and
warmth on cold winter days.
It is an intangible love
that melts hearts,
mends broken wings,
and floats in imaginative minds.
It is the purring of a gentle kitten,
the whoosh of baby's sleeptoy,
and the softness of a furry blanket.
It is the God-given gift
to Grandmothers who
cherish family life.
Love, Me
©CVarsalona, January 2024
epistolary poem, #PoetryPals
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Grandma Love Is...
gracefilled
a gift
of enduring love
fountain of perpetual devotion
forever
©CVarsalona, January 2024
Elfchen poem
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I love this french fry,
Mommy gave me.
Yummy in my tummy!
Do you love food
As much as I do!
Meme Poem, Created by Grandma,
©CVarsalona, January 2024
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May love surround you and your family.
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Is at
Tabatha Yeatts blog,
"Open for Poetry Business".
Tabatha has a wonderful story poem about Scheherazade. Check it out.
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