LOVE - A Feeling Poem

In my creativity and writing workshop I'm doing with kids this summer, I was preparing the session for tomorrow with the FEELING POEM as shared by Heather at Soulfood Cafe. (A most inspiring creativity and writing sight at http://www.dailywriting.net/ in case you don't know it.)

The idea is to use our senses to describe our feelings like this:

Line one: Name an emotion

Line two: “Smells like. . .”

Line three: “Tastes like. . .”

Line four: “Sounds like. . .”

Line five: Feels like. . . .”

Line six: “Feels like. . .”

Line seven: “Feels like. . .”

Line eight: Name the emotion

On this day of celebrating my love for my husband my sample feeling poem goes like this:

Love
Smells like baking cookies,
Tastes like peach cobbler
Sounds like Mozart
Feels like a cozy chair
Feels like a chill down my spine
Feels like a soaring eagle
Love

Try it! It's a wonderful way to talk about feelings, use your imagination and practice similes and metaphors for all ages! Thanks Heather for sharing your amazing creativity!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MY LOVE!

Today is our 20th wedding anniversary, and as we are not together I leave my love this special message by this modern means.
For our 14th anniversary in 2001, I put a little book together for you, with something I love on a page for each year of our marriage. I came across it recently and decided that this year I will fill in a page for each of the six years since. I will post them here day by day until you are back in my arms. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY LOVE!

I LOVE:
1. Sunsets….Starry nights…. Walks on the beach holding your hand.

2. Long leisurely meals…..Good wine….Fireplaces ablaze with you by my side.

3. Love stories….Romantic movies….Happy Endings…and my own Fairytale with you.

4. The cooling days of October…Autumn’s changing colors….Lazy, rainy afternoons wrapped in your arms.

5. Reading a good book….Telling a good story…Adding new chapters to our own novel of life.

6. Country Music…..Slow dancing….Dancing in the kitchen with you.

7. Strong hugs…..Soft kisses…..Your loving, healing touch.

8. Sensual massages….Hot bubble baths….And all they can lead up to.

9. Scrambled eggs….Fluffy omelets……And delicate soufflés.

10. Outdoor cafes…..'Chiringuitos' on the beach….Tabernas and mesones…..Sharing tapas and the passing of time with you.

11. American football…..Real Madrid vs. Barcelona……And all your volleyball games.

12. A hike in the woods…..The smell of rain…..Thunderstorms weathered with you.

13. Halloween parties…Christmas festivities…..Celebrating our love!

14. Innocent kittens turned into calculating cats…..Lively puppies growing into faithful dogs…Our hot passionate youth matured into our loving family of four.

14+1. Lazy mornings in bed with a book.....coffee......And YOU!

14+2. Travelling to new places....Learning about different cultures....Discovering new, wonderful things that make you, you.

14+3. Watching the moon rising over the sea off our balcony....it's white light twinkling like diamonds on the water....the constant light you shine on my life.

Word of the Week Zoo

Zoo days, in Washington or Madrid, when the kids were small and animals still entertained them. The monkey's antics and acrobatics; the gorilla's menacing eyes..so human looking; the huge hippo eating bananas, skin and all; the pandas..will we be lucky and find them awake?..only once, but they were playful and pleasing on that day; the otters-always my favorites, slipping and sliding in their rocky cascades just like they did when I was little; the prarie dogs entertained my dad and daughter for what seemd like an hour - hard to say who had more fun; the giraffes and elephants together in their enormous differences, elegance and playfulness juxtaposed; birds of prey, their regalness sadly hampered by the humiliating cages, I am only now aware of how I was attracted to them. Lions and tigers and bears, Oh my...yes they were there too......Oh for those Zoo days again, when the girls were small, animals still entertained, and I found much joy, insight and calmness in observing such wonderful creatures and in those simple pleasures of our younger family days.

In reponse to Bonnie's Blog Word of the Week idea! http://weekendwordsmith.blogspot.com/