A “Healthy” Valentine’s Day Poem

February 15th, 2008 by J. L. Seguin · Print This Article ·

There was a saint–his name was Valentine–
Pope Gelasius sainted him with this laud:
"His name is justly reverenced among men,
But his good acts are only known by God."

Now if this is the case with Valentine,
Lost though honorable, unknown yet still true,
Then it must not be quite so out of line,

For me to express how I admire you.

Valentine's love was "healthy, strong; worthwhile"
(The Latin term "valens" denotes as much).
Upon this "able" fellow God did smile,
And upon you, also, I think ‘tis such.

So with this sonnet, I wanted to say,
My dear "worthwhiles"… Happy Valentine's Day!

1 Comments For This Post

Guest says:
February 15th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
"Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried." G.K. Chesterton