Have you ever written poetry to/for a S.O.?

[Kirby]

We wrote limmericks in HS. Me and a buddy wrote one about a b1tch in our class and it made her cry. She deserved it. :evil:

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
once i had a whole email conversation with her in haiku. it was really funny.

You're awesome.

 

[Aikouka]

Yes, although I can't write poetry unless I have a motivation to write it, or else no matter how much people enjoy it, I will always know that it sucks without that proper emotion behind it. So, I haven't written any in awhile.

I remember finding an old poem that I wrote probably about... 5-6 years ago. It was so sullen yet the mood hit me like a Mack truck.

 

[NuclearNed]

I think I made a feeble attempt when I first started dating my wife. It was so bad that I don't think I ever gave her any examples. I suck at the poetry.

 

[thirdlegstump]

Yea she thought it was a joke and put it in the shredder.

 

[shadow9d9]

I don't believe in poetry.

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: djheater

Originally posted by: DaShen

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: DaShen
I would.

I already write lyrics and figure out melodies (I just never play them for any girl)

Then what's the point? :laugh:

I won't play with a girls affections that way. If they like me, it will be for who I am, not how good I am at music and lyrics.

Isn't being good at music part of who you are?

Yes, it is, but I won't play a song just to impress some girls. I think that is manipulative. If I am playing my guitar for my enjoyment, and some girls overhear it and like it then I don't mind playing, but I am not going to use my guitar as a weapon to pick up ladies (not my thing and I have seen too many guys do this <it works but it is just manipulative> ).

That being said, I have many facets about myself that I like to only share with people I trust or who have similar interests (my musical talent being one of them). "I'm an onion." The only people that I have really shared anything I wrote are people who are also into music and would be able to critique my work or learn from it. They do the same. Most of everyone else that I know has no real idea that I do this. But yes, over time, when a person gets to know me, they start to find out, I am good at guitar and other things (it is that process). But, like I have said, too many guys use music as a weapon to pick up girls. Not my thing. If a girl finds me interesting, then over time they will find out more. And I will probably only play guitar in a romantic way for my future SO anyways.

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: yowolabi

Originally posted by: DaShen

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: DaShen
I would.

I already write lyrics and figure out melodies (I just never play them for any girl)

Then what's the point? :laugh:

I won't play with a girls affections that way. If they like me, it will be for who I am, not how good I am at music and lyrics.

Your passions and talents are a part of who you are. What if you were really nice to children and good at getting them to open up to you. Would you not let a girl see that because they shouldn't like you for that? You also can't hide how you look, what your voice sounds like, how tall you are, your hair color, or how smart you are. Those are all things that will make you more attractive to a girl and will certainly factor into if she wants you or not, and you will have no control over it.

Also, what do you define as "me". Why does the line stop at your music?

It seems like a much better plan to me to simply be natural, and let a girl accept you or reject you for your complete package. You don't have to write lyrics to impress a girl, but if the subject comes up and she wants to hear, I don't see why you'd hide it.

Agreed... Nothing wrong with that at all.

But I am stating that I won't use my guitar playing as a crutch to get girl to get interested in me. Actually for the most part, when I am with my friends (girls and guys) and a guitar is around, I am usually around the guitar. I have no qualms playing the guitar in front of others, but I am not playing it for the purpose of attracting a girl. (and trust me when I say, MANY, MANY guys learn guitar for this singular reason <not because they like music> ). On the other hand, I am not going to reveal that I write songs and melodies to everyone I know ( I am a pretty private person <I like a lot of time to myself -- introspective is the word> ). The only people that I really show my songs to are people really interested in music that I know. Otherwise, most other people don't know. If you are one of my close friends though, you pretty much know mostly everything about me, but it takes a while to get to that point usually.

 

[krunchykrome]

I did when I was in high school and I thought thats what girls wanted. Then I got older and realized what they really wanted.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
I did when I was in high school and I thought thats what girls wanted. Then I got older and realized what they really wanted.

A cost accounting major named Little Dave?

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: DaShen
But I am stating that I won't use my guitar playing as a crutch to get girl to get interested in me. Actually for the most part, when I am with my friends (girls and guys) and a guitar is around, I am usually around the guitar. I have no qualms playing the guitar in front of others, but I am not playing it for the purpose of attracting a girl. (and trust me when I say, MANY, MANY guys learn guitar for this singular reason <not because they like music> ). On the other hand, I am not going to reveal that I write songs and melodies to everyone I know ( I am a pretty private person <I like a lot of time to myself -- introspective is the word> ). The only people that I really show my songs to are people really interested in music that I know. Otherwise, most other people don't know. If you are one of my close friends though, you pretty much know mostly everything about me, but it takes a while to get to that point usually.

I don't think that the question was asking if you'd use it as an attractive force though.

My interpretation of the question (and, if I may be bold, I believe the OP's intent with the question) assumes that a mutually-caring relationship already exists. That is to say that the question is not whether one would write poetry to attract a significant other, but rather, the question is whether one would write poetry for a significant other with whom one is already in a developed relationship that is founded on other things. Considered in this fashion, the question becomes one of a gift of one's self to one's beloved.

As for myself, I have not met anyone in the past for whom I felt the desire to write. What comes in the future or what is developing now will be known with the passage of time, but so far the desire has been absent in me.

ZV

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: DaShen
But I am stating that I won't use my guitar playing as a crutch to get girl to get interested in me. Actually for the most part, when I am with my friends (girls and guys) and a guitar is around, I am usually around the guitar. I have no qualms playing the guitar in front of others, but I am not playing it for the purpose of attracting a girl. (and trust me when I say, MANY, MANY guys learn guitar for this singular reason <not because they like music> ). On the other hand, I am not going to reveal that I write songs and melodies to everyone I know ( I am a pretty private person <I like a lot of time to myself -- introspective is the word> ). The only people that I really show my songs to are people really interested in music that I know. Otherwise, most other people don't know. If you are one of my close friends though, you pretty much know mostly everything about me, but it takes a while to get to that point usually.

I don't think that the question was asking if you'd use it as an attractive force though.

My interpretation of the question (and, if I may be bold, I believe the OP's intent with the question) assumes that a mutually-caring relationship already exists. That is to say that the question is not whether one would write poetry to attract a significant other, but rather, the question is whether one would write poetry for a significant other with whom one is already in a developed relationship that is founded on other things. Considered in this fashion, the question becomes one of a gift of one's self to one's beloved.

As for myself, I have not met anyone in the past for whom I felt the desire to write. What comes in the future or what is developing now will be known with the passage of time, but so far the desire has been absent in me.

ZV

Exactly, that is why I said I would for my future SO, especially since I already do that stuff anyways.

 

[SonnyDaze]

Never wrote poetry. One time, before leaving on a military deployment, I took 3x3 post-it notes and hid little love notes in the house, her car, the garage, the shed, everywhere, etc. The wife got a smile each time she found one. :heart:

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
Never wrote poetry. One time, before leaving on a military deployment, I took 3x3 post-it notes and hid little love notes in the house, her car, the garage, the shed, everywhere, etc. The wife got a smile each time she found one. :heart:

Noted, on things I can do for my future SO. That one is really sweet

 

[Koing]

Yes, have done.

It's the thought that counts...thats what I keep telling myself at my lack of poetry skills

Koing

 

[meltdown75]

yeah, when i was about 13

 

[Orsorum]

I think I have, but I cannot remember them. I write prose, mostly, and it's usually bitter and introspective, so it's not something I share with people, even friends.

I write letters, sometimes, but whenever feelings get involved I become rather stilted and cautious in my writing. Odd, that.