Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MY VALENTINE, by ERNEST CAMP JR.


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MY VALENTINE, by                    
First Line: My valentine's a tulip, peeping from the garden shade
Last Line: That her laughing lips lend cadence to the music of her voice!
Subject(s): Holidays; Valentine's Day


My Valentine's a tulip. peeping from the garden shade,
A wild and vivid aster that's half hidden in the glade,
A frail but fragrant violet struggling up towards the sun,
A wind-blown rose that beckons to the day that's just begun.

My Valentine's a forest that is green and gray and gold,
Where the tall pines talk to Nature in a chant that's ages old,
Where silence is a solace and each tree and songbird seems
To fit into the substance and the pattern of my dreams.

My Valentine's a sunrise, with its rose tints and its glow
That glorifies the skyways and the waiting world below,
Then swings across the heavens with adventure in its breast
To sink into the splendor and the witchery of the west.

My Valentine's a woman who reminds me of the rose,
Of the sunrise and the sunset, and the grace that charm bestows,
Where she walks the way is fragrant, when she speaks all hearts rejoice
That her laughing lips lend cadence to the music of her voice!





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