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Valentine's Day Poem Generator

Write a Valentine's poem that does not sound bought. Romantic, funny or understated, and editable before it reaches anyone.

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Writing a valentine's day poem

Valentine's poems carry an extra burden: the recipient knows the date forced your hand. The way through is to write something so specific it could not possibly have come off a shelf.

Three things that make it work

1

Undercut the occasion

Acknowledging that the date is commercial nonsense, and writing the poem anyway, is more charming than pretending otherwise.

2

One private reference

Something only the two of you would catch. It converts a poem into evidence of paying attention.

3

Funny is allowed

Most couples communicate in jokes far more than in declarations. A poem in the wrong register reads as insincere even when it is not.

What to avoid

Roses being red. Even as a knowing joke it has been made too many times to land.

An example

I do not believe in this day and neither do you. We have agreed on it loudly, several years running. I have written you a poem regardless. Do not make it a thing.
The occasion undercut, the gesture made anyway

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