Bonjour, mesdames et messieurs! And in case you're wondering why I opened with, "Hello, ladies and gentleman", in French (yeah, if you didn't know what I said, that was it), the reason would be because Valentine's day is fast approaching. And Paris is the City of Love. And in Paris, they speak French. So since Valentine's day is all about love, I decided the greeting was appropriate.
Then again, Valentine's day is nothing but a boring Thursday this year for those not in a relationship and lacking a crush to feel completely and utterly desolate and alone and excluded from this holiday. That was me for the past sixteen years.
Anyway, now that we are past my absolute failure of an attempt at a witty and funny blog introduction, let me introduce the topic of today's blog: how to write a Valentine's day poem.
Now, you can write a Valentine's day poem to your boyfriend, girlfriend, best friend, crush, or even yourself, if you lack all of the above. And nothing says your poem has to be lovey-dovey. I wrote my boyfriend one this year that had nothing romantic in it, it's sole purpose being simply to make him laugh. Also, these tips can be used to write poems about any topic, not just Valentine's day. So, without further ado, let us commence!

1.) Think of the tone you want your poem to have. Romantic, funny, romantic and funny, etc. You need to establish this first so you can keep it in mind while you write your poem.

2.) Choose a format for your poem. There's too many kinds to list in this blog; however, the most common and easiest to work with would be the sonnet. This is the format of a sonnet style poem:

A-B-A-B, C-D-C-D, E-F-E-F, G-G

For those of you who know nothing about poetry, the letters represent the last rhyme each line a stanza (A-B-A-B would be a stanza).

3.) Use words with lots of rhymes. Poetry doesn't have to rhyme. However, since we are using the sonnet style in this blog, we will need ours to rhyme. When you write your poem, try to use words at the end of each line that have lots of rhymes. Here's a brief list of good rhyming words:

You, true, do, through, do, new, blue, too, to, two, zoo
Go, no, row, bow, low, tow, oh, foe, toe, glow, sew
Stay, pray, day, way, lay, fray, ray, play, gray, may
See, be, tree, three, me, sea, free, bee, knee

Nothing says you have to stick to those words, but they make writing your poem much easier, especially for beginners. I will say that you should never ever EVER end a line in a sonnet with the word orange. I'm sure you can figure out why.

4.) Write lines that are relatively the same length. This is a crucial part of making your poem flow. By making them the same length, I don't mean the same amount of letters or words in each line. If you end up with either of those, great- but all I'm saying is to make them approximately the same length. Approximately being the key word.

5.) Put down your ideas in order. One element that makes poems flow well, other then making your lines the same length, is to have your ideas organized in chronological order. This doesn't directly apply to all poems, but an example would be if you were writing it to your crush; you may want to write about the first time you saw then, then when you first realized you liked them, etc.

6.) Begin writing! Time for the fun part of actually writing your Valentine's day poem. I will give you an example:

Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
You love me,
And I love you.

I love you because
You're so sweet, you see;
You really deserve better
Then a girl like me.

You are always there
Whenever I need you
And you cheer me up
When I'm feeling blue.

Happy Valentine's day!
You're perfect in every way.

Well, I hope this blog has been helpful! If you end up with questions or comments or anything else to add, feel free to comment. Adieu!