Create a personal Valentine rhyme

Can't write a poem to save your life? Well you could be surprised. Often when you try to compose a basic rhyme the words flow easier than you may have imagined. You may never be a Lord Byron or Tennyson, being able to conjure vivid ideas and thoughts of love and passion from a few words, but you might still create a poem that touches the heart of your loved one.

Considerations
There are poems in which a set number of lines rhyme in a particular way. Then there is non-rhyming verse which can be hard to get right. A rhyming poem of about six or eight lines is fairly easy to construct. However you don't want to end up with a tacky verse that causes offence.

Fist things first then what do you want your poem to convey? Is it to be funny, serious, loving, sexy, childish, mature or what? It could be that you want a mixture of all things.

How well do you know the recipient? Is it a long time lover, husband or wife, brief acquaintance, girlfriend, boyfriend or someone you love from afar?

All of these should be considered so that your poem is appropriate. You do not want to end up looking a fool do you?

Everyone creates in a different way. For me I tend to think of my opening line and go from there. The final word of each line can be the crucial one. It will be this that needs to rhyme. Usually it is divided though so that the second and fourth lines rhyme and so on.

Here is a corny Valentine's poem I wrote a few years ago for my hubby. Hopefully I have improved a bit since then:

These Valentine wishes
are especially for you,
even though at times
you make me feel blue.
I guess life is like that,
it seems to me,
as being permanently happy
we can never be.
Yet through the days,
of sun and rain,
my love for you
has remained the same.
Deep down I know that
you have a heart of gold
and I will love you
until we both grown old.
I guess I will love you
till the day I die,
my friend, my love
my Valentine guy.

A Valentine poem for Hubby (C) eileen kersey

Points to remember

• The recipient
• The length of the rhyme
• You are not trying to be a poet laureate
• You can use poetic license.
• You can use slang words such as gal, fella, guy and the like
• Make it personal, in that it relates to the recipient and you
• The rhyming words do not have to strictly rhyme but can simply make a similar sound.
• You could use an old faithful rhyme and make it your own, even a revamped nursery rhyme.
• Try not to be too clever, unless you are, as you could lose any meaning
• Emotion and genuine feelings will go a long way,

So a first line?

I love you ***** with all my heart.

A good start? Well it could be but now try to find a word that rhymes with heart. Well a rude one instantly springs to my mind which is not good unless your Valentine wish is going to be a cruel one or a joke.

Go through the alphabet to see what words are available and you should come up with part, apart, start, cart, dart and tart, at least.

So what about apart?

I love you ***** with all my heart
I never want us to be apart

Not brilliant but passable and good for practising. You will want your rhyme to flow and stick to the point. So what abut the next two lines?

I have loved you since the day we met
That day we both got very wet

Well that may not fit in your scenario but it will create a short rhyme suitable for a Valentine. It would need a little more of course but.

I love you ***** with all my heart
I never want us to be apart
I have loved you since the day we met
That day we both got very wet
It may have rained a lot since then
But your smile brings sunshine again and again

Hopefully this has shown you how easy it could be to create a personal Valentine rhyme. Create a card online to go with it. An individual creation is much better to receive than any old store bought rhyme which thousands of others will also receive.
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