Satire

A Few Valentine’s Day Literary Cards

From Edgar Allan Poe

I’ll keep your heart forevermore
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beneath the floor.

For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore –
Nameless here for evermore
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cuz forget dat hoe, u my bae now

ALLAN want for Valentine’s is you!
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A picture of the poet’s sad face with the words: POE-lease be mine?

From Henry David Thoreau

The reason I burned down that forest was because
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I was drunk on your love.

Happy Valentine’s Day to MYSELF.
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I’m self-reliant like that.

If there’s one thing I ask from you this Valentine’s Day
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it’s don’t thoreau away our love.

From Emily Dickinson

Because I could not stop for death
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I stop for you.

I think you’re quite dashing
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– love – Emily Dickinson –

From Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

My last name is Longfellow
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But that’s not the only thing that’s long, fellow.