Question of the Week
Writing that Makes us Swoon
What's your favorite piece of romantic writing? Could be a book, a poem, a song lyric, a secret note scrawled out just for you -- even a particularly thoughtful grocery list.
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Capt Wentworth's declaration letter to Anne in Persuasion. Swoon!
Feb 13, 2013 8:12 am
by monique1227 -
Across the table our eyes meet
Hands out of reach
A band playing
Tommy Dorsey rhythms and
Glenn Miller melodies.
I stand and step to your side
My hand held out
In silent invitation.
You rise into my arms
and together we move across the crowded floor
You rest your head on my shoulder
I pull you close and
as the song softly dies
My jacket retains the scent of your hair
Your gown the warmth of my embraceFeb 13, 2013 8:57 am
by Golem100 -
So hard to choose: Captain Corelli's Mandolin? 100 Years of Solitude? Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden?
Feb 13, 2013 9:47 am
by RARKing -
I did not know that John Hollander poem, but when I read it, I instantly recognized the Eagles song from Hell Freezes Over. Googled, and it turns out they acknowledged him fully when the put it to music.
Kind of a cheat if you ask me. "The Fog Comes on Little Cat's Feet (Guitar power chord)"Feb 13, 2013 3:24 pm
by FREEHAWK -
"When the day shall come that we do part," he said softly, and turned to look at me, "if my last words are not 'I love you' - ye'll ken it was because I didna have time." James Fraser, Outlander Series. Yes.
Feb 13, 2013 8:43 pm
by jones -
She Walks in Beauty by Byron
Feb 14, 2013 2:15 pm
by dreamdust -
My Heart will go on (Titanic) by Celine Dion
Feb 15, 2013 2:50 am
by kartikpatel -
Song of Solomon
Feb 15, 2013 8:05 am
by cowdendl -
Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series -- absolutely!
Feb 15, 2013 10:36 am
by dogladyqlts -
Married Love
You and I
Have so much love,
That it
Burns like a fire,
In which we bake a lump of clay
Molded into a figure of you
And a figure of me.
Then we take both of them,
And break them into pieces,
And mix the pieces with water,
And mold again a figure of you,
And a figure of me.
I am in your clay.
You are in my clay.
In life we share one quilt.
In death we will share one coffin.
Kuan Tao ShengFeb 15, 2013 2:57 pm
by francescaprada -
The Song of Solomon, a book in the Bible.
Feb 15, 2013 4:22 pm
by grammy -
Book: Del Amor y Otros Demonios by G. GarcĂa Marquez
Poem: Viceversa by Mario Benedetti (which can listen to here if you understand Spanish or just like the amazing sounds of our language http://www.goear.com/listen/cb66848/viceversa-mario-benedetti)Feb 15, 2013 8:00 pm
by narami -
Maria Elena, You're the answer to a prayer
Maria Elena, Can't you see how much I care?
To me, your voice is like the echo of a sigh
And when you're near, my heart can't speak above a sigh
Maria Elena,Say that we will never part
Maria Elena,Take me to your heart
A love like mine is great enough for two
To share this love is really all I ask of youFeb 15, 2013 10:18 pm
by moengey -
What is love? poem is mine dear.
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by sowaeak -
A Thousand Martyrs I Have Made and Love in Fantastique Triumph Satt by Aphra Behn
Feb 16, 2013 8:29 am
by dreamdust -
"Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Marquez I have had it characterized as "magical realism" but found nothing fantastic or impossible in it; only great beauty and undying love.
Feb 18, 2013 12:07 pm
by sschein -
I am suspended weightless over you like the blue man in the Chagall, hanging over you in a delirious kiss.
Movie RoxanneMar 13, 2013 11:52 am
by BerlyMcG -
D.H. Lawrence's The Rainbow
Apr 2, 2013 4:07 pm
by SFM13 -
"The Eve of St. Agnes" (Keats--I think)
Apr 9, 2013 9:20 am
by bookwoman1027 -
"The Eve of St. Agnes" (Keats--I think)
Apr 9, 2013 9:21 am
by bookwoman1027 -
Tolkien's story of Beren and LĂșthien.
Apr 9, 2013 4:57 pm
by Serpent -
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
Apr 14, 2013 1:19 pm
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