valentine avalanche <br />she looks for the name <br />that really matters <br /> <br />Valentine <br />wishing love would grow many folds <br />like the price of roses tonight <br /> <br />inspired by <br /> <br />A Valentine <br />For her this rhyme is penned, whose luminous eyes, <br />Brightly expressive as the twins of Leda, <br />Shall find her own sweet name, that nestling lies <br />Upon the page, enwrapped from every reader. <br />Search narrowly the lines! - they hold a treasure <br />Divine- a talisman- an amulet <br />That must be worn at heart. Search well the measure- <br />The words- the syllables! Do not forget <br />The trivialest point, or you may lose your labor <br />And yet there is in this no Gordian knot <br />Which one might not undo without a sabre, <br />If one could merely comprehend the plot. <br />Enwritten upon the leaf where now are peering <br />Eyes scintillating soul, there lie perdus <br />Three eloquent words oft uttered in the hearing <br />Of poets, by poets- as the name is a poet's, too, <br />Its letters, although naturally lying <br />Like the knight Pinto- Mendez Ferdinando- <br />Still form a synonym for Truth- Cease trying! <br />You will not read the riddle, though you do the best you can do. <br />Edgar Allan Poe<br /><br />john tiong chunghoo<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/haiku-valentine-inspired-by-edgar-allan-poe/
