Elevators go up.4/29/02010
Elevators go down.
Some people swim.
Some people drown.
Not a gushy love poem!
Elevators go up.4/29/02010
Elevators go down.
Some people swim.
Some people drown.
You make me smile4/28/02010
on the darkest of days.
You make me happy
in so many ways.
I love you, like you,4/28/02010
need you, want you.
But when I'm dead,
my ghost won't haunt you.
I will love you forever;4/28/02010
hope you know it.
I also wish the Caps
didn't blow it.
I hope to have you love me4/26/02010
in all the days ahead,
no matter how much longer
until I end up dead.
A daffodil,4/25/02010
a daisy,
you almost drive
me crazy.
A violet,
a crocus,
you make me lose
my focus.
In the future,4/24/02010
you will probably
casually toss
your jet pack
in the back of
your flying car
with as much
wonder and awe
as you now assign
to an old t-shirt
or hoodie.
The future has been shrinking by one year per year for my entire life.–Danny Hillis
I am unaware4/23/02010
of any true miracle
except maybe you.
I never find myself wishing4/22/02010
that I were out fly fishing.
But if fishing were something you wanted to do
I would gladly go out fly fishing with you.
Sherman barking4/21/02010
barking
barking.
Sometimes it's all I hear.
Great loud booming
booming
booming,
deep inside my ear.
What if I expressed4/20/02010
my love for you mathematically?
One plus one is greater than
infinity, emphatically.
Me plus you, mathematically: infinity, emphatically.
Do opossums4/14/02010 – 4/19/02010
sniff our blossoms
when we're busy cooking?
Do armadillos
use our pillows
when we are not looking?
A tired crocodile
might still walk a mile
to avoid ever crossing your path.
Do you think a hoot owl
would prefer a blue towel
to dry off after taking a bath?
Would a bashful giraffe
stifle her laugh
to make sure that you wouldn't hear it?
Would a brave little lizard
go out in a blizzard
just to prove that he doesn't fear it?
Would a laughing hyena
get in between a
pachyderm and a peanut?
You'd never believe the devastation
caused by an angry crustacean
even if you had seen it.
I suspect Swedish rabbits
like to dress in nuns' habits —
something I don't ever witness.
I'm sure many parrots
enjoy eating carrots —
they're quite good for ocular fitness.
Secretive little foxes
might rearrange your boxes
if you promise to pay no attention.
Clumsy polar bears
may cause solar flares,
which it's wise to never mention.
A is for air4/13/02010
and B is for bear
and C is for care
and D is for dare,
If E is for ear
and F is for fear
and G is for gear
and H is for here…
I am all for you.
I love you through hunger.4/12/02010
I love you through thirst.
My love might expand
but it won't ever burst.
I always worry that you will stop loving me someday.4/11/02010
I often think that maybe I am always in your way.
I sometimes wonder if you'll love me when my teeth fall out.
I really hope you'll still remember what our love's about.
Swimming through the ocean,4/10/02010
flying through the sky,
walking through the wilderness,
though I don't know why.
Trying to be braver,
still ending up as shy,
much too confrontational…
still your favorite guy?
I don't remember how to play4/9/02010
this silly game I'm in.
Nonetheless, I'll find my way
so someday I may win.
"Your eyes, your eyes —4/8/02010
they sparkle like diamonds",
her husband adoringly said.
"Do they twinkle like stars?"
she replied with a wink,
before getting ready for bed.
"Of course they twinkle
and they light up the room
like a spotlight shone from above!"
"And they dance and they shimmer?"
"Yes, and not only that —
they burn when you glare, my love!"
There's magic in your4/7/02010
tender kiss, delicate touch,
and loving glances.
You didn't know4/6/02010
that you would marry me
until you had known me a while.
This is one thing
that I'm quite certain of,
though you say otherwise with a smile.
I love you far past Neptune.4/5/02010
I love you way past Mars.
I love you past the planets.
I love you past the stars.
I love you past our galaxy —
beyond the Milky Way.
I love you all the time —
far beyond today.
If I could write you a poem4/4/02010
that lasts till next week and back,
would you say that you'd married
a clever old man, not in need of a whack?
If I could sing you a song
to make birds weep and babies sing,
do you think you would love me more
than the man who gave you your ring?
Congratulations to you.4/3/02010
I'm so proud of what you've done.
Just to prove it's true,
a purse is what you've won!
Did you ever steal4/2/02010
a heart before mine?
I only ask
because you did
such a good job
stealing my heart —
perhaps you've had
some practice.
I'm so glad that you're my bride.4/1/02010
It makes me feel so good inside.
One million kisses3/31/02010
are not nearly enough to
show you how much love
If you walk a thousand miles3/30/02010
and your feet end up as nubs,
how will you find smiles?
Where will I place rubs?
Sometimes your hands are so cold3/29/02010
it feels as if they will freeze me.
Sometimes the pollen's so strong
it makes me really quite sneezy.
I would rather have you touch me
than practice blowing my nose,
even if it means I'll be cold
from my head right down to my toes.
If you ever love me,3/28/02010
I hope today's the day.
Yesterday's already gone.
Tomorrow's far away.
Your smile is delightful,3/28/02010
which rhymes with frightful
…a word that just doesn't apply.
I think you're terrific,
which rhymes with horrific
…you'll never end up if you try.
I fell fast asleep last night3/28/02010
and wasted away the time
when I should have done what's right
and sent you a lovely rhyme.
You have an extraordinary talent3/26/02010
for voicing a
"meanwhile…back at the Hall of Justice".
It makes me sad
that you never exercise it
any more.
It is one thing I miss
about the you
you used to share
with me
and no longer
do.
I will love you3/25/02010
till the stars come home;
till the cows fall from the sky.
I hope when you dream of a happier future3/24/02010
those dreams will still include me.
Whenever I picture the decades ahead,
by your side is where I want to be.
I always try to tell you3/22/02010
but it comes out sounding weak…
our love is like a mountain…
like the highest-ever peak.
What if I told you3/21/02010
that my knees go weak
when you kiss me
as you do sometimes
when you love me?
I'm glad that you found me.3/20/02010
Oh yes I am!
I like you much better
than raspberry jam.
I love you. I love you!
I love you so true.
More than clear skies
love to be blue.
I don't want a baby,3/19/02010
not even if it's small,
not even a quiet one
that knows how to crawl.
I don't want a baby
no matter how clever,
even if it's cute
and works a mean lever.
I don't want a baby,
no matter how smart,
talking in sentences
right from the start.
You know,3/18/02010
I've been thinking
that if we weren't
already married,
I would get down
on one knee and
propose
(to you, of course).
Your shoes may be fancy,3/16/02010
your dress may be smart.
Don't call me Nancy
and I won't call you Bart.
You stole my heart3/15/02010
and now it's yours.
I like thin mints.
You like s'mores.
I forgot my contact lenses3/14/02010
and my glasses got foggy
but I could still picture your face.
When our dog barks3/13/02010
and our others do too
I still feel a spark
when I think of you.
I feel lonesome,3/12/02010
I feel blue
when I don't get
time with you.
I love the way you laugh3/11/02010
when you think of something funny.
I'm glad you don't complain
when your eggs turn out all runny.
If I could have you love me3/10/02010
for just another day,
I would be quite lucky
in the most wonderful way.
If I could have you love me
for just another week,
I'll be lucky in a way
that I could never speak.
If I could have you love me
for just one month more,
my luck would fill me
all throughout my core.
If I could have you love me
for the rest of the year,
I would be so lucky;
of that you should be clear.
If I could have you love me
for the rest of my life,
I would be the luckiest;
perhaps you'd stay my wife.
Food with lots of spice3/9/02010
can be quite nice.
When it's way too hot,
nice it is not.
I don't like that I'm so much3/9/02010
more trouble than I'm worth.
You deserve so much better,
the best on the Earth.
I sometimes lose track3/7/02010
of the distinction between
a sheep and a lamb,
but I'm not confused
about ewe.
Your delicate fingers3/6/02010
are lovely to watch
as they tap out
their messages
on clicking keys,
destined for deciphering
by far off friends.
Walking hand in hand with you3/6/02010
down life's serpentine path
is every bit as wonderful
as the most luxurious bath.
At the ocean's edge,3/6/02010
the lapping of the waves
is a whispering
of my love for you.
When the wind blows3/4/02010
through the treetops,
it makes a rustling whisper
confirming my love for you.
Indian food for lunch3/3/02010
will be much better than a carrot.
Or at least that's my hunch.
I wish I could be there to share it.
Flying cars are not here yet.3/2/02010
In the future, they'll be I bet.
Talking dogs, you'll never find
except perhaps deep in your mind.
Some things likely, some things un-,
bets are lost and bets are won.
One unlikelihood already true:
lucky me gets love from you.
If you wore a sweater,3/1/02010
perhaps you would feel better.
At least you might be warm
even during a storm.
But if you're on a boat,
you should consider a coat.
Out there on the high seas,
the wind's more than just a breeze.
Your face is home to some of my favorite parts2/28/02010
including my favorite cheeks.
I think we've had among the very best of starts:
great years and months and days and weeks.
Shoes and socks and pants and shirts2/27/02010
are things that you can wear.
Pinching, poking, teasing, taunting:
things that I can bear.
Loving, hugging, kissing, laughing:
things that we can share.
Everything that makes you you:
things that make me care.
A rabbit may be quick.2/26/02010
A pony may be pretty.
I'm glad you didn't pick
a home inside a city.
I wish I could show you2/25/02010
what you let me see:
happiness, loveliness, infinity.
Your face is why I2/24/02010
open my eyes each morning
to seek happiness
Relaxation trumps frustration2/23/02010
only when you get it.
Complication trumps elation
only if you let it.
When I am sick,2/22/02010
I try not to kiss you.
I give you some space.
I leave you a buffer.
This is a trick,
but there is an issue:
my lips miss your face
in hopes you won't suffer.
Your smallest part2/21/02010
is dear to my heart,
even if that part is shrinking.
Your funniest twitches
have had me in stitches,
so I'm glad you practised your winking.
I wish I could give you much more than I'm able…2/20/02010
a husband with all of the charm of Clark Gable,
a great fancy chair at a great fancy table,
your very own horse in its very own stable,
a heroic role in a wonderful fable.
If I took all of your kisses2/19/02010
and put them in a vault,
you could hardly blame me.
Really, not my fault.
I treasure all those kisses.
They're more than I could earn.
The trick to ever deserving them
is more than I can learn.
I love your eyes2/18/02010
with their ever-changing hues.
I love that you love me
even if it's just a ruse.
I love the turned up curls
at the corners of your smile.
I'm glad that you've loved me
even if just for a while.
Roses are red.2/17/02010
Pansies are pink.
I love you more
than you ever think.
When you touch me2/16/02010
with frozen hands,
it's always nice;
not because I like the cold
but because I love your caress.
I have loved you ever since2/15/02010
you were younger.
I will love you even when
you are older.
You are older now than
I was when we fell in love.
But I will never be younger
than you are now.
I is for the infinite love I have for you.2/14/02010
L is for the lips you let me kiss you on.
O is for your ojos. (That translates to "eyes".)
V is for the vision that you put in mine.
E is for enjoying all my time with you.
Y is for yesterdays and tomorrows, too.
O is for only you, who are my lovely wife.
U is for unique. (That's what you are.)
I have noticed recently2/13/02010
that I have started
to laugh like you,
with no intention
of doing so.
I guess you influence
me in ways I never
would have anticipated.
This may sound corny and sappy2/12/02010
— as if I'm taking you for a ride —
when they ask me how to be happy,
the best response I can provide
— better than puppy breath —
has to do with my wife:
Be sure to marry Beth
— my trick for the happiest life.
A penguin will fly through the water;2/11/02010
a pelican flies through the air;
you've flown as far as Texas;
but an emu can't fly anywhere.
with your history2/10/02010
of throwing games
of miniature golf
with the intention
of making me more confident
in my ability
to hold my own
with you, I sometimes wonder
whether you have chosen
to surrender anything
of your identity
to try
to make yourself fit
into some notion
of what you think I am looking for.
I hope not.
Jewelry has metals2/9/02010
and flowers have petals,
and some people like them a lot.
But one thing that's true,
sure as Elmer's makes glue:
they just don't have what you've got.
When the sky falls out from beneath my feet2/8/02010
and the ground is too high up to touch
you'll still always be my magnetic true north
where I'll find you, I love you that much.
I researched my condition.2/7/02010
Why consult a physician?
This is my diagnosis:
chilblains. Good is my prognosis!
I know this poem is not so romantic.
At least there's no reason to get frantic.
My toes will not fall off my feet!
Maybe you'll think that's sweet.
I'll be dead by morning,2/6/02010
with hardly any warning.
Sharing my final day
with you is the only way
I would go if I had my say.
I love you without regret.2/5/02010
I hope you do not forget.
I love you without remorse.
I hope you don't want a horse.
I love you with plenty of reason.
I hope you don't think that's treason.
Remember that time you told me a joke?2/4/02010
I remember the time you gave me a poke.
Remember the time when you sang me a song?
I remember one time when I sang along.
Remember the time when you drove a car?
I remember hoping you wouldn't go far.
Remember that time when I wrote you a verse?
You might've thought it couldn't get worse.
When I wake up in the morning2/3/02010
and discover that I have been sleeping on my side
I take stock of my brain
to see which parts have not
leaked out through my ear.
I am always most pleased to discover
that the parts dedicated to loving you
are still firmly in place,
right where they belong.
If I were able to fly2/2/02010
to the stratosphere
of my own power,
I would only ever try
to bring myself near
to you, my flower.
Maybe2/1/02010
every step I ever walk
and every word I ever talk
and every stroke I ever swam
and every me I ever am
are especially for you.
What is the value of a poem1/31/02010
compared to the tender touch
of my lips on your slumbering cheek?
what worth is a verse
compared to the tender touch
of lips to your cheek?
Tomorrow is the next day1/30/02010
when today's been lost in time…
lost except in memory
when I was glad you're mine.
Just as the tallest branches touch the distant sky,1/29/02010
so does my love reach to you wherever you are.
Your smile is the best part of my day.1/28/02010
Or maybe it's your touch.
Perhaps it's your kiss.
But I suppose it might be your laugh.
I guess it might be your voice.
You are the best part of my day.
Every day.
It made me so sad when you busted your knee.1/27/02010
I'm glad that you've enjoyed a recovery.
I hope you won't need to resort to crutches
to escape from your arch enemy's clutches.
You are the center of my orbit.1/26/02010
Without your pull,
I would fly off
in some random direction,
aimless,
lost
forever.
How, I wonder,1/25/02010
did you prove susceptible
to my charms — such as they are,
weak and ill-fitting.
I know of the long years that you have spent waiting1/24/02010
to see me drunk on liquor, wine, or beer.
But what I think is much more intoxicating
is feeling and knowing that you are near.
How long will you love me?1/23/02010
I always wonder.
Will it outlast the rain?
Will it outlast the thunder?
I hope it will last
till the end of my life.
I will love you forever,
my beautiful wife.
Friday is the day when I most wish I could spend my life with you.01/22/02010
Friday is the day when I am most thrilled that you married me.
Friday is the day when I am happiest to see your smiling face.
Friday is the day when I most want to hear your voice and to feel your hugging.
Friday is the day when I most desperately long for your kisses.
…Until Saturday arrives.
When snow falls on your head1/21/02010
I get to see
how you might look
when your hair turns white.
When you crawl into bed
I get to be
a lucky schnook
after day turns to night.
The farther you roam,1/20/02010
the farther you stray,
the farther from home
'long the rarely trod way;
the farther I'll chase,
the farther I'll follow,
the farther the place
where I'll meet you tomorrow.
I live life afraid of attack from a pickle.1/19/02010
I don't understand why you're so hard to tickle.
I still wouldn't trade just a one of your pinches
for ball in my hand with third down and just inches.
If you walk through a garden1/18/02010
and trample a flower,
is that better or worse
than wasting an hour?
I'm glad for the hours
you've wasted with me.
I think they've been better
than planting a tree.
You fill me with love1/17/02010
like your legs fill your pants;
like your hand fills your glove;
like your joy fills your dance.
If you rhyme with a saint1/16/02010
but not with a sinner,
you're more likely paint
than leftover dinner.
I still love your nose
and I still love your knees.
I still love your toes
and you sometimes say please.
I love that you're funny.1/15/02010
I love that you're kind.
I love that you're you.
I hope you don't mind.
Roses are red.1/14/02010
Daffodils are yellow.
I love you more than the finest green Jello.
I love you.
I miss you.
I want to hug and kiss you.