Valentine's

There are so many ways to say, I love you. But I can't think of any, so here are a few songs and poems that do the job nicely:

1. Touch me in the morning - Diana Ross
2. Back to Black - Amy Winehouse
3. Anything by Rumi
4. Now That I Am Forever With Child - Audre Lorde
5. Sonnet 22 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning

I recommend this one while you are waiting:

1. Get it & feel good - Ntozake Shange
2. Prayer - Nina Cassian
3. Think Lang - Marion Angus

And if you are fed up with wot you got:

1. One Perfect Rose - Dorothy Parker
2. Vicious Circle - Marsha Prescod
3. Did This Happen To Your Mother? Did Your Sister Throw Up A Lot? - Alice Walker
4. Dirty No Gooder Blues - Bessie Smith

If you are freshly single...:

1. Love After Love - Derek Walcott
2. Advice to a Discarded Lover - Fleur Adcock
3. 'Honestly, I wish I were dead!' - Sappho

Finally, the kiss off:

1. Don't Fish in My Sea - Ma Rainey

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