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The last of your kisses was ever the sweetest; the last smile the brightest; the last movement the gracefullest.
~ John Keats, poet
Greetings! I am a guest editor for the Romance/Love Newsletter, and an unlikely one indeed. A loving husband of twenty-five years, but not the most romantic I'm afraid. - Ben Langhinrichs
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Love's sweetest meanings are unspoken; the full heart knows no rhetoric of words.
Christian Nestell Bovee, author
Romance for the Unromantic
Some men are romantic by nature. A rose on the pillow, dinner and movie, a surprise trip to Paris, these things come naturally to them. Of course, I've never met any of those men, but I have read stories which imply they exist.
Many men are more like me. We strive to be good spouses and boyfriends. We endeavor not to forget birthdays (although we work very hard to forget how many there have been). We add Valentine's Day reminders to our electronic calendars so that we don't forget to buy flowers. On occasion, we even slip up and say something more romantic than "Hubba hubba."
The challenge being that women do tend to like romance. (To tread very lightly in a delicate area, I always wonder why women who object to porn because it gives men unrealistic expectations don't see romance novels the same way.) Sometimes, we simply have to step up to the expectations, knowing that we will likely fall short of the bar raised by the hero in whichever book she is reading.
Last year, my wife mentioned casually that WCLV, our classical radio station that she listens to constantly, was having a Love Poem contest. She wondered why I didn't enter, given that I write poetry. Fortunately, the contest deadline was past by the time she asked. Phew! Writing love poetry is a challenge, and writing it for your wife but letting it be read publicly takes away the inevitable tactic of writing sensual poetry and distracting her. (Ahem!)
However, they are running the contest again this year and my wife pointed it out earlier and just a bit less casually. I faced the blank screen, knowing that she expected me to write a poem that would simultaneously wow the judges and not embarrass her in front of the kids. My mind was a blank. Finally, I came up with a theme and start to write...
I'd share the poem with you (yes, I submitted it with a mere thirty minutes to spare), but we aren't supposed to publish it elsewhere first. If it does well, perhaps I'll get a chance to be a guest editor again. In the meantime, you romantic duds out there, sit up and take notice. You may not have a contest to enter, but write a poem or story for your spouse. Likewise, you spouses/lovers (notice my non-gender-specificity on both sides), how about you read these as the love notes they are, and not compare them with the Romance novelists who get to make up ideal characters who dare to buy tickets to Paris without permission?
Happy Valentine's Day!
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Romance/Love: February 10, 2010 Issue [#3549]
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