February 16, 2018
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. The theme for this week is Valentine’s Day, which is celebrated on
February 14th.
Today’s poem is a Valentine’s Day poem Southern style.
I welcome comments on my poems at
https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.
Yours,
Nick Gordon
Before I ask y'all, please
understand,
Even though I come
from way down South,
My heart is more
loquacious than my mouth,
Yearning like a
wave for your smooth sand.
Very few down here
will show their hand,
Aching like a
riverbed for rain,
Lying like a
platitude in pain,
Each chili inside,
outside baked beans bland.
Now here down South
it ain't right to demand
The things you're
dying for, but you real fine,
In a voice like
preachers set to dine,
Nicely say,
"Mind if I trouble you, Ma'am," -
Easy like -
"to be my Valentine?"
© by Nicholas Gordon
Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I
chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/befori.html.
For more Valentine’s Day poems, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/valentinesdaypoems.html
.
This week’s theme: Valentine’s Day
February 12: Vest Your Love in Me, as I in You
February 13: Be My Valentine, for I
February 14: Be My Valentine: What Does That Mean
February 15: Blessings Are the Things We Take for Granted
February 16: Before I Ask Y’all, Please Understand