St. Valentine's Day is nearly upon us.

Big things are afoot.

Romance can be signified by giant red heart-shaped boxes of chocolates.

The Ex-Files is a good read.

Be my Valentine?

She Walks In Beauty By Lord Byron.

Submitted by Mary Beth Priest. In the short story j.b. and me by David Seeley, the mentor instructs his protégé to whisper the first stanza of this poem in the ear of the woman he would woo as they were pressed together. I've never tried it but I think the mentor might be on to something.

Untitled By Becky (nathansbabe@hotmail.com).

Imaginary Heights By Jen Meyers punkypeenut@hotmail.com.

The Party By Debra654@aol.com.

Evergreen Magnets By Calypso createld@hotmail.com.

These four works are all here because of something that caught me in the last line or two...

untitled 1 By kevin urenda.

Rescued from a Post-It Note.

Sonnet for Christine By Graham Storrs [website].

Written for his wife "who tends to get hung up on mortality"-- I understand the feeling completely.

To Darin By Angela Worrell Larson dlarson@inconnect.com.

The day you were born the sky lit fire By Eric Michael rr33@mailcity.com.

SCENE 15 By Misti Velvet Rainwater.

wish i may By Madison.

These four works all deal with the stars and romance.

guess who By erin.

Few poems have this much with meter.

Anatomy of a Crush - Part 2 By Tanqueray Cowboy.

What seems to be an e-mail excerpt, it seemed hauntingly familiar.

Tribute to a Fisherman By Toklas.

A wonderful piece to end this section with... Toklas brings the same magic to a longer piece that has mostly only been found in shorter works.

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