Hello everyone! Welcome to a new year of Write...Edit...Publish! Since our year of art was such a great success, we decided to seek inspiration from music in 2022. It was quite the challenge to come up with such a small list of musical inspirations, but after much good natured debate, we came up with this list.
First up is the famous All You Need is Love by the Beatles. It seemed like a good choice for February and Valentine's Day.
I decided to try something a little experimental with this piece. Using a song for inspiration made me think of poetry, and when I saw conversation hearts in the candy aisle, I felt inspired. I decided to write a poem in the form of a conversation between friends who have differing perspectives on love. Hopefully the formatting is clear for all of you. I looked at it from multiple devices to make sure this looked good on all of them, but I can't check everything.
I hope you enjoy!
Conversation Hearts
I
say to you
all you need is love …
It
lifts you up when things are dark
and holds back the cold with
its warmth and light.
Embrace
it.
Seek it.
Love is grand.
I won’t deny that truth.
It is also messy and imperfect.
It can surely wound you and
leave you in pieces.
Take
caution.
Take care.
Love endures.
It inspires and nourishes.
Poets and artists draw from its beauty
and power to fuel creation.
It
binds us together.
It
cherishes and
protects.
Love nourishes.
It must also be nourished.
Love may die if its flame isn't tended.
Please, do not test it too harshly.
Treat it with tenderness.
It won’t
come
easy.
Love is blind.
Love is bold
and bright.
It fulfills us with its splendor.
It
outlasts all adversity.
It is
pure and kind.
It
is eternal.
Blissful.
Love sees.
It sees and
it accepts.
It is not without conditions, but
it can mend and grow with
care and communication.
Love changes over
time.
Love is timeless.
It survives beyond death
and lives on in the hearts of those
left behind, providing comfort.
Memory connects us to
our loved ones
forever.
Love lives on,
bringing both joy and loss.
Grief may overwhelm, making it
hard to bear, and memory
may fade if we don’t
appreciate its
gravity.
Love is romance.
Love is like a deep breath.
It
invigorates and makes us feel alive.
It flows like water in a river,
aweeps us away and
surrounds us in
perfection.
Love is complex.
It has good days
and bad.
It's often patient and hopeful,
but not without fail, and not
without
compromise.
Imperfect
people
can’t
love
perfectly…
Word Count: 280
FCA
Tagline: The nature of love is hard to define.
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