a valentine to the variety;

[vendettaisforv.livejournal.com]

Roses are red, violets are blue;
   Think of the things you've yet to do.
The lily is pale, the ivy is green;
   Think of the things than you haven't seen.
The crocus is purple, the clover is peach;
   Think of the things you've yet to teach.
The jasmine is white, the marigold, amber;
   Think of the things one must remember:
Roses are red, violets are blue;
   Everything's possible, nothing is true. 

Comments

[scientific-lady.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, so this is what you've been working on so much these past few hours.

It's nice.

[open-zipper.livejournal.com]

That was pretty! I liked the part about the colors especially!

I wrote a poem once, and it was a darned good one! I'll recite it for you!

...

...

Now, how did it go?

[myfearsmylies.livejournal.com]

...oh! But what's this for??

[a-spikyfriend.livejournal.com]

My, my, we have a poet in our midst. What a clever kitten you are...

[open-zipper.livejournal.com]

Have you met Godot? He likes kittens as well~~

[amthebadwolf.livejournal.com]

It's lovely.

[a-spikyfriend.livejournal.com]

......

Wonderful.

How good for him.



((/sarcasm))

[open-zipper.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes! We had this whole conversation about kittens! I wonder if he likes them a little too much...

You know, I sometimes think we weren't talking about kittens at all. I seem to think we were talking about something else.

But, just so we're clear, you and I are talking about kittens!! Or are we talking about Godot?

[a-spikyfriend.livejournal.com]

...........I bet you weren't.



How about we stop talkin', then we don't have to worry about it.

[open-zipper.livejournal.com]

You sure~? Because I think I can get it right. It's just on the tip of my tongue and kinda just fluttering around up there.

Say, it's nice to meet you!

[open-zipper.livejournal.com]

Say, it's nice to meet you!

[a-spikyfriend.livejournal.com]

No, it really isn't. How 'bout you go find someone else to chat with? I'm sure there's much better fish in the sea, really.


I doubt you're any use to me.

[open-zipper.livejournal.com]

...You're a fish? Really? You don't look all that much like I imagine a fish out of water would look...

[a-spikyfriend.livejournal.com]

.................


Shut. Up.

[open-zipper.livejournal.com]

Oh. Okay. You could have just said so, you know? No need to be rude about it. I can take a hint. I'll just go on my merry way, then. I'm sorry I interrupted your post-poetry simmering mood. You can go back to it now.

[vendettaisforv.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[vendettaisforv.livejournal.com]

Thank you, too. If you should remember, I'll like to hear it.

[vendettaisforv.livejournal.com]

Oh, a guess at a day which is, odds are, some time away---I doubt date matters, with the different times.

Although, if pressed, I'll say it's for the flowers.

[vendettaisforv.livejournal.com]

Frost has considered it a condition, or so it is said; considerate of you to comment. You bring to mind a line yourself, miss... 'the smile on the face of the tiger.'.

[vendettaisforv.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[scientific-lady.livejournal.com]

It kind of reminds me of the Hallmark I used to get from friends around this time of year...Except the end, which seems oddly applicable to right now...

[blackmagicjazz.livejournal.com]

Ha...! Beautiful. It takes an intelligent man to properly weave the silk mantle of poetry around such banal words as men speak!

[blackmagicjazz.livejournal.com]

Like kittens too much? Ha...! How is that even possible, when there are so many different kinds of kittens in the world?

[open-zipper.livejournal.com]

But there aren't many kittens HERE. At least, not many that I've seen so far. I was afraid you might be lonely!

I thought you might get along with this person, but now I'm not so sure. She seems a little...what's the word? Oh. Abrupt. I also think she's a little insane. She thinks she's a fish!!

[spiritunbridled.livejournal.com]

The mention of all those flowers makes me homesick... but you're right. We're stuck here and there's no point moping about what we can't do while we are; it's a lot better to be focused on how we can help each other and ourselves.

[mysterious-moi.livejournal.com]

Such command of prose!

"Everything's possible, nothing is true..." How very true indeed. Or... untrue... I think I have gotten my point across well enough.

[overlords_wrath]

What's so great about this? Anyone can write stupid poetry.

Roses are smelly and violets are too;
Flowers are stupid and so are you.

Heh, see?

[vendettaisforv.livejournal.com]

"If conditions aren't right, the poem won't come out. It will sit inside and stew, and emerge a different beast." The important thing is this: that it emerges in some form, for everyone has some word to add to the song of the world, if each one will will to raise a voice. You've contributed, which is something in itself.

At least I've prompted a couplet.

[vendettaisforv.livejournal.com]

Thank you, as well! Perhaps we could discuss the craft over coffee at some later date.

[vendettaisforv.livejournal.com]

An excellent attitude! I'll admit; this valentine began thinking of violet carsons---roses I raise, which have likely finished dying, with noone to tend to them. (Still, I suppose they'll stay, and dry, and some should seed---I shan't lose them.)

Should you find soil, I'd like to learn of it.

[vendettaisforv.livejournal.com]

It was a pleasure; poetry is the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is the ash.

There is the improbable, but it's near enough to whatever's next.

[spiritunbridled.livejournal.com]

Your children are flowers?

[vendettaisforv.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, no! I've simply kept the rosebushes watered and well-lit, although they are darling.

[spiritunbridled.livejournal.com]

So... if I have this straight, you take care of plants? Kinda like... I dunno, like adopted foals?

[a-spikyfriend.livejournal.com]

Quite rrright.

[myfearsmylies.livejournal.com]

I still don't quite understand why a date matters, but okay :D

[roseliberation.livejournal.com]

Quite quaint, sir V.
I hope we can expect to hear more.

[vendettaisforv.livejournal.com]

In my world, verse was commonly sent to and fro on a Valentine's Day, which occurred once a year. It celebrated, primarily, the relationships of lovers, but it was not entirely unheard of that friends should also send gifts or greetings.

[vendettaisforv.livejournal.com]

Yes: I tend them, and, as a result, may enjoy the blooms whenever I wish.

[vendettaisforv.livejournal.com]

Thank you; I should hope so, myself.

[myfearsmylies.livejournal.com]

I see! That sounds sweet <3

[vendettaisforv.livejournal.com]

I'd say so. Perhaps the practice can catch here, although determining the proper date would prove difficult.

[spiritunbridled.livejournal.com]

That's... huh. ...Can't say I'd ever even come up with the idea before.

Well, if that works for you, that's good. If I ever find some actual dirt around here, I'll probably let everyone around know anyway.

[Pause]

...And I promise to not eat your plants if you ever get any to grow.

[isaacmustdie.livejournal.com]

... I have no idea.