<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=566292" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Next Instalment PLEASE 5.9.2009</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">There are three kinds of love: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">1 Ideal, ROMANTIC love ‘pure and chaste from afar’ <br>the unreachable star; 2 RATIONAL love, sacrifice for <br>common-sense relationships, and 3 SPIRITUAL <br>love for all of life as sacred </div><div style="margin:10px 0">ROMANTIC love - unattainable; a guiding lodestar, a <br>Quixotic ideal I won’t let go, my favourite authors <br>have my undying devotion, they keep the flame <br>of beauty and dreams alive<br> <br>Many Romantic love poems are selfish and narcissistic<br>with emotions effervescent, only a special few <br>delineate soul-mates’ eternal love, <br>I adore these, but it is </div><div style="margin:10px 0">RATIONAL, common-sense love which makes the <br>world go round – sharing religion, world-view and <br>ethical conviction; sacrificing self to group, <br>for our kids whom we love to bits </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Boring compared to the fire and delight of romance; <br>and the unconditional SPIRITUAL love of esoteric <br>texts is out of reach; - we might combine some <br>romance with rational love</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Though experience shows life does not allow romance<br>for long, forcing a choice between short-lived affairs <br>and long-term, boring relationships; <br>alternatives so unsatisfactory - thus</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Love poetry is a secret activity, requiring one reply <br>only, Thank you, next instalment please - to all <br>authors who delight me - ‘THANK YOU, next <br>instalment please - PLEASE.’ </div><div style="margin:10px 0">9 May 2009</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Margaret+Alice">Margaret Alice</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=566292" data-title="Next Instalment PLEASE 5.9.2009 de Margaret Alice" data-description="There are three kinds of love: 1 Ideal, ROMANTIC love ‘pure and chaste from afar’ the unreachable star; 2 RATIONAL love, sacrifice for common-sense relationships, and 3 SPIRITUAL love for all of life as sacred ROMANTIC love - unattainab..."></div> </div> </div>

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