Special Feature: Selected Poems for Valentine's Day Weekend of Love

My Dear Readers:

My study room is flooded with the sunlight streaming in through the window, and outside everything is dazzlingly bright. I'm in the mood for love (sung by Julie London)

When stores in the malls are decorated with pink, red, and white hues, with a window display of chocolate hearts. Valentine's Day is just about here! And there is so much to do on this holiday of love. 

The following is a set of poems selected for your Valentine's Day weekend of Love.

Selected Poems:

Valentine date

she licks a crumb of chocolate

off my lips 

Chen-ou Liu

evening 

between her breasts 

sugar to lick off 

the cocktail glass 

rim 

ai li

warm brandy

her shadow removes

another garment

Margaret Rutley 

on her skin he writes              

invisible love letters

each word

a little warmer

than the next

Claudia Coutu Radmore

our bodies

listen

to light

Raymond Roseliep

as if seeing love

for the first time

you bring me

white peonies

wet with morning dew

Pamela A. Babusci

And to conclude today's Special Feature post, I would like to share with you the following tanka written in response to CNN News, Feb. 12: "India tried to rebrand Valentine’s Day as ‘Cow Hug Day.’ Here’s how it backfired"

Cow Hug Day

instead of Valentine's Day

under the billboard

a sari-clad woman

holds a man's hand tight, tighter

Happy Valentine's Day Weekend

Chen-ou