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From my PhotoScapes Unleashed Series Tainted Heart Fiery venom pervades darkened arteries love, a dying flame

There are so many beautiful poems and songs written in celebration of Valentine’s Day. The 19 th Century poets in my opinion had a monopoly on love poetry. However one of my favorite love poems is The Passionate Shepherd to His Love by Christopher Marlowe. It is simple, descriptive, an excellent style and you could basically just feel the deep sentiment in the poet’s heart while reading the lines. It’s the type of poem where the imagination comes to light and you feel as if you are in that setting. Sometimes simplicity is the essence of beauty and I think this poem proves that point. Have a Happy Valentine’s Day! The Passionate Shepherd to His Love Christopher Marlowe Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods or steepy mountain yields. And we will sit upon the rocks, Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals. And I will make thee beds of ...

Ocean Beach in San Francisco This is a guest post by my buddy Mitch Marcus. It is a raw, passionate and compelling poem. I want to thank Mitch for his contribution to my blog. You can visit his blog by clicking the link at the end of this poem. The photo above was taken by me at Ocean Beach in San Francisco. Enjoy! To Love Is To Live I miss her so much I will patiently wait for her For the rest of time I dream of redemption Of receiving a short note That asks Will you come to me? Half way around this world Will you come for me? Yes, I say I will cross the oceans And ford the rivers I will come for you I will listen harder I will see clearer I will speak less I will love more Although that seems impossible To love anyone more Than I love you Than I had loved you Than I will love you I miss her so much So much that I cry on a perfect day I miss her And I will wait Forever http://theargus.today.com

Ocean Beach in San Francisco Compliments of Nature We'd compliment each other You and I As stars adorned evening skies Light transcended beyond darkness Hope became truth Friendship ripened Love was ours The sun rose upon your smile And set within your eyes We complimented each other You and I For a while

I wrote this poem a while ago and hope you enjoy the words and message. Love speaks in silence the unconditional stanzaic interlude between heart and soul. Never wanting always waiting to give freely and openly. Love does not see color nor stereotypical ego branded persona. As spirit seer pure love accepts all with understanding and patience. Love hears beyond sound soft whispers of heartstrings playing in rhythm the quiet song - a deafening simplicity defining uniqueness to authentic self. Love tastes the sweet n sour of daily imperfections savoring the bitter with the sweet. The perfect blend providing nourishment for the heart digesting the mix. Love smells indifference and recoils at the nauseous self righteous stench of the arrogant yet embraces the empowering odor of forgiveness - a scent of healing. Love touches softly hearts who hear, minds who see, spirits who know the freedom to give inherent deep within our soul without expectation - unconditionally.

Beyond, the call Your face I see beyond the horizon and you call to me upon jagged cliffs where ocean's tempest bids adieu. I hear your call and your spirit I touch upon receding waves speaking in silence your name with love.

Agape for Pierre My heart summoned you at an early age not yet knowing love. Sensual whispers, warm rains shower my body and soul with your being. When you spoke, I could not speak for words escaped me. You sang strumming blood tears on your bouzouki year after year lost in Rebetiko . Yet life your muse, music your passion. Too young I could only listen; rhythms burning my very core. Your melancholy eyes hypnotized my essence a captive trance, nirvana. Fate years later realized. Now a woman we shared love, requited passion, unrestrained . Boundless infinity together a moment in time. Soon thereafter you were gone. Suddenly your last breath stolen away, gone too soon. I now see those melancholy eyes within the wind, amongst the trees, along the shore, within my soul; I love you still, Agape mou …