A Saint Valentine's Day Poem

I’d like to write a poem
Of a love that’s deep and true,
That’s brighter than the sunshine
And fresher than the dew,
That lasts for all eternity
Yet begins each day anew,
Adds music to the sounds of life
And grandeur to the view –
And the only thing that’s missing
Is someone to send it to.


Sadly not eligible for Garrison Keeler's competition for poems to be read out on The Prairie Home Companion, today because they have to be poems specifically written TO someone real. (And, for the rather more prosaic reason that the on line form on the web site only accepts USA and Canada addresses.)