Bonjour!

I considered writing the introduction in French but decided against it, fearing I'd make a mistake in what is my favourite language after English.

So, welcome to 'The Love Series': a collection of the love poetry I've written since my birthday this year (2011), including that which I've included (or which I intend to include) in my various stories.

Enjoy!

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Ah, the creation of this anthology was inevitable...

Hmm? You don't know why? Well, you evidently don't know me well enough. lol

All criticism welcome, so long as the word 'sentimental' isn't used (and I mean in the negative sense), but obviously, if you don't like poetry or the theme or romance, don't write a comment talking about how this strengthened your opinions (it's never happened but life is unpredictable).

And now you've seen how awful I am at trying to be funny too. I'll go now...

Note: This collection excludes the poems under the name 'The Yielding Key' because that's a collection in itself and these are all single poems.

30.5.11
Translation of foreign lines in 'El corazón'
Music, love
(English)
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(English)
Stronger than diamonds,
Softer than silk

A fairytale
(It) flows like rivers
Precious but sad.

(English)
One laughs but one cries:
Joy can hurt.

The song of an angel:
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The heart is these things.

3.9.11
Note on 'When You Think No One Cares':
This sprang from a shorter poem that I came up with while planning a story called 'The Dream Plane'*. You can see the original poem in the summary of the story, and the edit which preceded the final draft in the author guidance.
*link to 'The Dream Plane':
http://www.protagonize.com/story/the-dream-plane

9.11.11
I got the idea for one of the metaphors in this poem at a sighting of the moon in the sky this afternoon - it was big and full and beautiful. And I came up with the metaphor for one person being the tide, and the other moon (since the moon controls the tide). Really, the rest of the poem is a collection of other sciency metaphors I could think up, all of course as romantic as I could make them. So... enjoy this little burst of nature-inspired writing.

updated Nov 9 '11 by Tianna