"Married Love" by Guan Daosheng
You and IHave so much love,That itBurns like a fire,In which we bake a lump of clayMolded into a figure of youAnd a figure of me.
Guan Daosheng was a Chinese painter and poet of the early Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). ‘Married Love’ uses the image of clay figurines to represent two lovers being united as one through the sacred act of marriage, just as clay solidifies in a kiln.
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"[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]" by E. E. Cummings
i carry your heart with me(i carry it inmy heart)i am never without it(anywherei go you go,my dear;and whatever is doneby only me is your doing,my darling)
As one of America’s most prolific twentieth century poets, E.E. Cummings needs no introduction. Many of his poems centered around love and ‘[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]’ is perhaps the best-known of them all. The rich imagery and intimate infatuation earns it a prominent spot on our list of the most beautiful love poems ever written.
"Beautiful Signor" by Cyrus Cassells
This is the endless wanderlust:dervish,yours is the April-upon-April lovethat kept me spinning even beyond your eventful armstoward the unsurpassed:the one vast claiming heart,the glimmering,the beautiful and revealed Signor.
‘Beautiful Signor’ is an entry from Cyrus Cassells’ poetry collection of the same name, which he dedicated to ‘Lovers everywhere’. Culturally set against the backdrop of the AIDS epidemic, the collection aims to remind people of the potent beauty of romantic love.
These are your own wordsyour way of noticingand saying plainlyof not turning awayfrom hurtyou have offered themto me I am onlygiving them backif only I could show youhow very uselessthey are not
"Love" by Carol Ann Duffy
you’re where I stand, hearing the sea, crazyfor the shore, seeing the moon ache and fretfor the earth. When morning comes, the sun, ardent,covers the trees in gold, you walktowards me,out of the season, out of the light love reasons.
In 2009, Carol Ann Duffy made history when she was appointed the first female and openly lesbian British poet laureate. ‘Love’ is a perfect example of the monologue-style poems she is known for, fitting in with her usual sensory and emotional style of writing; here, she describes love as beautifully boundless, like the light of the sun or the crashing sound of waves.
"Beautiful Signor" by Cyrus Cassells
This is the endless wanderlust:dervish,yours is the April-upon-April lovethat kept me spinning even beyond your eventful armstoward the unsurpassed:the one vast claiming heart,the glimmering,the beautiful and revealed Signor.
‘Beautiful Signor’ is an entry from Cyrus Cassells’ poetry collection of the same name, which he dedicated to ‘Lovers everywhere’. Culturally set against the backdrop of the AIDS epidemic, the collection aims to remind people of the potent beauty of romantic love.
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Finding Hope
I've always viewed life from the side lines, Just watching it passing me by. In the past, too afraid to just let go and live, And lately too tired to try.
I've envied the people around me So invested in living each day, While I spent my time hiding out from the world And searching for ways to escape.
For most of my life I truly believed I was here to help somebody else, But now it's so clear it was just an excuse. To avoid living life for myself.
It's sad that our lives and the pain we endure Can weaken our strength to move on, But if we get lost in the scars of our past, Without knowing our lives will be gone.
It's true, people are disappointing, They can turn in the blink of an eye, But we can't avoid hurting each other, When we all want a chance at this life.
But there's something I've learned through the wisdom of age, A truth about all of our lives, And that is no matter what path we each take, In the end, we just want to survive.
So the time has now come to conquer my fears And to stand up and face a new day. Let the hurts of my past wash away with my tears And stop letting my life slip away.
Patricia A Fleming. "Finding Hope." Family Friend Poems, Jul 2017. www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/finding-hope