{"id":9191,"date":"2026-02-17T13:10:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T18:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=9191"},"modified":"2026-02-17T13:10:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T18:10:44","slug":"poem-every-poem-is-a-love-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/17\/poem-every-poem-is-a-love-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Every Poem is a Love Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote this poem as a tribute to the anti-Valentine sentiment commonly experienced amidst the difficulties in life, particularly on the romantic love front. I debuted this poem at a poetry reading that happened to fall on Valentine&#8217;s Day. I am an unrepentant romantic on all fronts. I see the ark of life as awe a bout love. Even when the early stanzas are filled with rage and pain, the eternal story of love moves&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Every Poem is a Love Poem<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cPoetry is the heart and mind making love.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Love is a sly bastard<br \/>\nSkulking a bout<br \/>\nA creep<br \/>\nIn every neighborhood<br \/>\nHumanly passable<br \/>\nAccessible in a flash<br \/>\nWear ever<br \/>\nHeart and mind<br \/>\nMight make<br \/>\nLove<br \/>\nHope fully gently<br \/>\nYet sum time pronounced<br \/>\nAnd announced<br \/>\nAs raw anger<br \/>\nAnd raging dis appointment<br \/>\nAs thunder divines<br \/>\nThe truer storm<br \/>\nThe reign of awe<br \/>\nThe soul awash<br \/>\nAnd holy re-nude<br \/>\nAs clothes as you will<br \/>\nNever get<br \/>\nTaken<br \/>\nTo the shed<br \/>\nDe-fence<br \/>\nLess<br \/>\nHapless<br \/>\nAnd helpless<br \/>\nPray<br \/>\nSoully to be met<br \/>\nOn a priceless journey<br \/>\nAwe ready for sail<br \/>\nEven when<br \/>\nThat chosen won<br \/>\nIs not quiet scene<br \/>\nLove rights itself in<br \/>\nBeyond a mend<br \/>\nAggrieve and a groove<br \/>\nIn won\u2019s soul<br \/>\nUndone<br \/>\nThat which can only be<br \/>\nTime attested<br \/>\nA surpassing hear<br \/>\nAnd now<br \/>\nInpatient in hospitable<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote this poem as a tribute to the anti-Valentine sentiment commonly experienced amidst the difficulties in life, particularly on the romantic love front. 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