Romance
Romance is not about chocolates
or dining out in fancy restaurants.
It has nothing to do with expense
or luxury.
It is all about atmosphere
and that special sort of magic
that allows you to see
the rawness of nature
and find it beautiful.
You can't buy it, not really,
but you can find it
if you look in the right places.
It is the misty sea of bluebells
on the forest floor;
it is the sun glistening on water;
it is copper trees
beneath a cobalt autumn sky;
it is the single rose
that dares to flower
amid the choking brambles
of a forgotten garden;
it is the pale springtime blossom
and the bright autumn berries.
It is real.
It lives in the very air we breathe;
a spirit that dances through the ages
and on through the years
that have not yet been.
Sometimes
we confuse it with passion.
But passion is a red, hot glory
that seizes the moment for a while
whereas romance is the essence
that captures it
forever.
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Wow ! put me on cloud nine! Magic to your poem!...........Jim
Awww...Jim, you romantic you! What a fabulous comment (love your comment). I'm glad you liked the poem. Thankyou so much for reading and for leaving some great words. I appreciate your support ⚘ x
You have no clue how long I have been waiting for another poem from you Tina XD. We all have our busy lives though ;). This one was especially top-notch from you, so very true, its really noticeable when you're around youths to notice this blending between passion and love... but then again we all learn some way! Kind regards. Best wishes to you Tina! TFOTS or Max (not my real name but Marion calls me that now XD)
Well, Max it is then! 🤣😉
Thankyou Max for taking time out to read this. I am so happy that you like it. Your comments are always very kind and I do really appreciate your support. In case you might be interested, a radio station (available to listen to online) is showcasing my work. I've just recorded the poems for the show (Visions Of Sound) which will be on Friday 27th November (and on Friday 4th December) at 10pm U.K time. Thanks again for your support x
Awww no fuss Tina and Wow that's so cool! I'd love to tune in, gotta check what those times are for me, exams might get in the way atm XD, do you know if they will be recorded after the fact? Kind regards. TFOTS
I have no idea if they will be recorded to listen off air so to speak. I shall have to find out. Theres a live twitter feed with the show too so that will be interesting 🤣🤣🤣 x
All good, kudos for your impressive achievement Tina!
Thank you. I just got contacted out of the blue by them x
Beautifully written...love it
Haha Lol sorry Tina, just accepted a compliment on your poem by accident
🤣🤣🤣 No worries, Max
Awww...thank you very much Lorris. That is very kind of you to say. Glad you like it...and thank you for the support, it's much appreciated x
Nice! Bluebells are beautifully strong growing in my own garden. It's a good description of your view on romance :)
Hi Yiyan, hope you are well. Bluebells are gorgeous aren't they? And when they carpet a woodland floor, well that's just magical. Thankyou for reading, my friend. I am so glad you like my ponderings on romance. I appreciate your support and thank you for commenting. May you have a glorious abundance of bluebells in your garden in the spring 💐 x
Yeah, hope you too, BM. I like the purity of blue, and I've got two types in garden - one much like in your image - tough grower and long lasting as in your definition of romance :)
Still wonder the meaning of your "It is real." - many angles to interpret what's real and what's not ;-))
You have a romantic soul.
A lovely poem .
Love the imagery, took me there amongst the blue bells on the forest floor.
Wonderful place, wonderful work.
Well done, wonderful one.
What a sweet thing to say, Liliana! Thank you! And thank you for stopping by to read and to leave your thoughts... Its very much appreciated. I'm glad you like it 🌷 x
And I keep re reading your poems. Please write more your very talented.
Hi Liliana...thankyou so much for your support. I do have loads of poetry to put up. I am currently building my new website (www.christinajwords.co.uk) and I intend to post brand new ones up on there first ...once I have got all my back log of older ones up. Once I am up to date with that I will start posting here again x
A wonderful way to express love. and romance...a novel way and a memorable way. This is a joy to read ....and read again I adore it!
Lodigiana x
Awww...thank you so very much! You are very kind. I'm glad you like it. Thanks again for reading and for your lovely comment. Your support is greatly appreciated x
Well now...WHY didn't you alert me that you had written this gem??? Tina...I love it...absolutely love it. You seemed to have described something I feel too but could never have put into these soulful words. It is all there isn't it...you are right when we stop looking for the passion we find the something that is so much more potent, long lasting and real. The miracle of life, all around us in the quiet moments. I get that!! A perfect perfect write of wisdom that truly resonates with me...pinned of course...hugs 💕
Awww...Marion I am so glad you like and "get" this! True romance is found all around us all the time. It is a spirit all of it's own. I have always felt that. You have nailed the description of my intent with this. Thank you so very much for your encouraging words.
I don't normally alert anyone to anything I put up ...I feel to embarrassed to do that ... lol
Thank you a million times over.
And hugs back x
Well I have reread and it just gets better and more beautiful...it reads like a love affair with life..no, not with life, with spirit and soul....and the 'other'...that can guide us to the free riches if we listen with our souls....fabulous write 🤗🤗🤗
Yep...that's it!! Romance is a kind of magic. Real magic that is.
Thank you again my dear friend ⚘⚘xx
Spectacular Tina! A masterpiece created from the depths of a philosophical soul that truly understands and appreciates romance!
Thank you so much Ian! Glad you like it 😊 I do appreciate romance, you are not wrong! And all this chocolates and fine dining thing, whilst very nice, it is not romance. Not in my book.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read and leaving a lovely comment, it is very much appreciated 🌷 x
My God, what beauty to stem from a human heart, how lucky we are to read a flower, a sunset, a cosmic burning sun,
Thank you x
Hi Gerard, hope you and yours are well. Thank you so much for reading and leaving such a positive comment. I am very grateful for your support 🌷 x
Please write more. I enjoy reading your poems.
Aww... Thank you for asking! I do have loads to put up but I get waylaid doing other things. I will try and get around to putting another one up later x
this a wonderful poem
Aww thank you Greg. Very kind of you to say so x
Tina sweet lass, I think you summed the feelings I have for my wife "julia" in this perfectly sequence poem. Love this
Aww..Greg, that is sooo lovely to hear! To feel like that means that your love for Julia is "real" ... and that, my dear friend, is what it should be. May romance blossom in your lives forever 🌹
Thank you so much for reading and commenting...I really appreciate it
Hugs x
So beautifully expressed Tina!
My mum has always said that my dad was not romantic at all because he never bought her flowers or chocs!! But he was very! I seen the romance in many other ways, when he shown her how much she meant to him in his own unique ways ❤️
Stunning write!
Thank you, my dear friend, I am glad you liked the poem. I always think romance is something in the air around us all the time. Something magical. Definitely not just about chocs on V day. Thank you so much for reading and commenting x
Romance is not about chocolate say it ain’t so . Lol passion is truly one of ways love is truly felt . Plus acts of kindness, rock merry Christmas 🎄🎁
Hi Rock...hope you had a good christmas! All the best for the New Year 🍾 Romance is the music to passion's dance, my friend x
Superb! How well expressed you write and deliver a touch of poetry class.
You capture romance's essence beautifully and its body and soul too.
A joy to read Being Me and thank you for sharing.
Take care and I wish you well.
Hi Shaun. I do like to look for the magic in things. Romance is a very magical feeling and somehow linking it to expense and luxury seems to take the shimmer off it... at least it does for me. So glad you like this poem. Many, many thanks for reading it and also for leaving your thoughts x
what an absolute pleasure to find .. and muchly enjoyed & not only by me I see .. the others obviously have great taste too .. N :)
Aww...Neville, thankyou for reading and leaving your valued thoughts on this. I am so glad you like it. Thanks again my poetic friend x