I think the poem below is just about the perfect description of love

How would you describe love?



Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love,
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
Oh, no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests.. and is never shaken.
It is the star to every wandering bark
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love is not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come.
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out.. even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.



PS: Mysterioso, much love to you bro, but this how you use words

no

and btw, first )

bleh.

I'm not a fan of most poetry.

Not a fan of "love" really, either.

CarrieMpls said:

Is it relationships that have made you think this way or do you think the claims of the poem are unrealistic?

..i LOVE this thread already...
...LOVE is the master key that opens the gates of happiness...

..love and you shall be loved..all love is mathematically just..as much as the 2 sides of an algebraic equation..

...the true measure of loving God is 2 love him without measure...

..4 LOVE'S GROWTH..
...grant me..even me..my dearest Lord..2 know Thee..and love Thee..and rejoice in Thee..and..if i cannot do these perfectly in this life..let me at least advance 2 higher degress every day..till i can come 2 do them in perfection..let the knowledge of thee grow every day more and more here..that it may b perfect hereafter..that my joy may b great in itself..and full in Thee..i know..o God..that Thou art a God of truth..o make good Thy gracious promises 2 me..that my joy mayb full...

..mzsexybaby

Not a fan of poetry unless it's funny and rhymes.

CarrieLee said:

Heck i know shakespeare is no Shausler

..love is never lost...if not reciprocated it will flow back and soften and purify the heart..

...kindle my coldness with the fire of Thy love...and enlighten my blindness with the brightness of thy presence...

..there is no happiness in the world in which love does not enter..and love is but the discovery of ourselves in others..AND THE DELIGHT IN THE RECOGNITION..

...grant..o Lord..my earnest plea..help me 2 b kind and thoughtful in word and deed..help me 2 4get myself and draw love and affection from those around me..increase my force of body and mind 2 make me inviting 2 those i find appealing..i am most thankful 4 the love of others which thou has put in2 my own heart lead me in this search..i ask most humbly..

..mzsexybaby

mzkqueen03 said:

I love that

endymion said:

Both.

I think the claims are unrealistic for a romantic relationship, absolutely.

I do see that kind of love in the world that some parents have for their children, friends sometimes have for each other and so on.

...love is not a possession but growth..the heart is a lamp with just oil enough 2 burn 4 an hour..and if there b no oil 2 put in again its light will go out..god's grace is the oil that fills the lamp of love...

..the pains of love b sweeter far than all other plaesures are..

...life is short and we have never 2 much time 4 gladdening the hearts of those who r traveling the dark way with us..oh..b swift 2 love!!..make haste 2 b kind!!

..fountain of love..love thou our friends and teach them 2 love Thee with all their hearts..that they may think and speak and do only such things as r well-pleasing 2 thee..

..mzsexybaby

I couldn't understand the poem but the strongest love I've ever really experienced is the love I have for my son.

Then family and people I have in my life (bfs, friends). I do not believe in the whole romantic love stuff - that's infatuation.

There is love and there is infatuation and that's about it.

sorry, could someone describe infatuation for me, please?

garganta said:

in·fat·u·a·tion
n.
1. A foolish, unreasoning, or extravagant passion or attraction. See Synonyms at love.
2. An object of extravagant, short-lived passion.

JustErin said:

The poem is trying to say what love is "an ever fixed mark" for example

With the love you have for your son it doesn't "alter" even if your son tries to alter it, by behaving like a little bugger on occasions.

Your love for your son "is never shaken" even when it "looks on tempests" a tempest means a violent storm or in your sons case maybe a violent tantrum


Another small part of the poem is the idea that love doesn't alter with time

"though rosy lips and cheeks" become aged, love can endure


sorry to lecture its the teacher in me surfacing i hope that helped your understanding a little bit more


not trying to be patronizing edit
[Edited 4/2/09 9:17am]

JustErin said:

thanks, by someone I actually meant you

english is not my first language but that description makes a lot of sense in regard to what I am feeling for someone at the moment

endymion said:

To be honest, when I read something and I have to actually think about it, I tune out. So the first line seemed a bit too much so I stopped there.

endymion said:

There is no way to describe it, it is a feeling.

It can be there and gone in seconds.. it is a work in progress.

garganta said:

No prob! Thought I should just use the actual definition when explaining.

And I'm not saying it's a bad thing, just that I am of the opinion that this is what happens when we so call "fall in love" and I am not saying that it doesn't or can't lead to what I believe real love is - I know it can.

So in other words, I feel strongly that love exists, just not the whole, "in love", romantic love as most people define it.

JustErin said:

Sounds like your a Kinesthetic learner http://en.wikipedia.org/w...c_learning

Although posting you a link to READ is a little ironic

What do I think love is?

My grandbaby Seyhan! Loving her is a love I have never felt before. It's more stronger in my heart then the deep love I have for my children.

So for me, love is in her big blue eyes, and that sweet toothless smile.

MoniGram said:

She better be your only grandchild

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

No way Supa ! I have 4 and that type of love for each ( and any more to come ) is bottomless and ever abundant !!

Mach said:

I'm saying if she has 3 other grandchildren and this is the only one she felt that love with, someone'll be in trouble if those grandkids ever browse the org

endymion said:

And here I thought I was just stupid.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...EhjFVK9_lQ

LoveLoveLove
LoveLoveLove

Me & my friend were walking
In the cold light of mourning.
Tears may blind the eyes but the soul is not deceived
In this world even winter ain't what it seems.

Here come the blue skies Here comes springtime.
When the rivers run high & the tears run dry.
When everything that dies.
Shall rise.

LoveLoveLove is stronger than death.
LoveLoveLove is stronger than death.

In our lives we hunger for those we cannot touch.
All the thoughts unuttered & all the feelings unexpressed
Play upon our hearts like the mist upon our breath.
But, awoken by grief, our spirits speak
"How could you believe that the life within the seed
that grew arms that reached
And a heart that beat.
And lips that smiled
And eyes that cried.
Could ever die?"

Here come the blue skies Here comes springtime.
When the rivers run high & the tears run dry.
When everything that dies.
Shall rise.

LoveLoveLove is stronger than death.
LoveLoveLove is stronger than death.

Shall rise. Shall rise.
Shall rise. Shall rise.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Oh !

Mach said:

which kinda reminds me of this quote

The more you love, the more you can love — and the more intensely you love. Nor is there any limit on how many you can love. If a person had time enough, he could love all of that majority who are decent and just.

Mach said:

Exactly