LOVE IS...

To celebrate Valentine's Day I'm posting a poem written by Adrian Henri for his short-lived (late 60s) Poetry-Rock band The Liverpool Scene. It is a fun way of looking at poetry which many of you will appreciate. It's like a pop song made into a poem, a pop poem maybe? Oh, how I love the wonderful and sometimes unexpected world of poetry!

Love Is...

Love is feeling cold in the back of vans
Love is a fanclub with only two fans
Love is walking holding paintstained hands
Love is
Love is fish and chips on winter nights
Love is blankets full of strange delights
Love is when you don't put out the light
Love is
Love is the presents in Christmas shops
Love is when you're feeling Top of the Pops
Love is what happens when the music stops
Love is
Love is  when you open Valentines
Love is when you read those awful lines(?)
Love is when you read between the lines*
Love is
Love is you and love is me
Love is a prison and love is free
Love's what's there when you're away from me
Love is
Adrian Henri

* These three lines are from the version in the following video, the original went like this:
Love is white panties lying all forlorn.
Love is pink nightdresses still slightly warm.
Love is when you have to leave at dawn.