This is from the point of view of a couple that have been together a long time. At first, Cope seems slightly resentful that she is being forced into making a romantic declaration just because a certain date in the calendar demands it, but she gets into the spirit of the occasion and her love for her man shines through. They are sure of each other, as shown by ‘you know I’m yours and I know you are mine’. It is more difficult to find love poems for him, but “Another Valentine” is just that.

 

• Today we are obliged to be romantic
  And think of yet another valentine.
  We know the rules and we are both pedantic:
  Today’s the day we have to be romantic.
  Our love is old and sure, not new and frantic.
  You know I’m yours and I know you are mine.
  And saying that has made me feel romantic,
  My dearest love, my darling valentine.