So Maybe I'm not Hallmark Material...
I wrote this one when I applied to work for Hallmark greeting cards about 3 years ago. They make you send in an application with lots of poems and such and if you are good enough the first time, then they send you another packet with even more challenging things to write- I didn't even make it to the second round. I know I am not Shakespeare, but as of late I haven't seen to many greeting cards that just wowed the crap out of me, most of the time I like 1 out of every 30 cards I read. Besides, I wanted to write funny stuff, but when you apply with Hallmark you have to send in all kinds of greeting cards- they give you the topic and you write the card. It's not as easy as I thought it would be. Here is a sample of something I wrote... it wasn't supposed to be a greeting card, they just told you how many lines to write and to make it serious.
Marry Me
Listen to me, I must make a confession
My love for you is more than obsession.
It has grown wild, I can bear it no more
It seeks you, it calls you, It knocks on your door
No boundaries, no fences, no locks, no chains
Could keep me from you, you’ve set me free from the reigns.
No more holding me back, I long to be near
The one that I love, the one that is dear.
I ponder, I brood, I wonder about
This love that I found, I can’t live without
Have mercy on me, God up above
You’ve given me this beauty, this treasure, this dove
This wonder so sweet, the joy so amazing
I’m addicted, I’m hooked, you’re intoxicating.
Please never depart, don’t leave my side
Be my lady, be my friend, be my wife, be my bride.
10 Comments:
eddie! save that! it's wonderful!
Not being Hallmark material is a credit to your writing ability. I was reading in Writing Down the Bones the other day about her idea of spontaneous writing booths. I think you'd be really good at it. Next harvest festival at church, etc. set up a booth and charge a dollar for a spontaneous poem on whatever topic the customer requests.
hey! i like jimmy's idea!
i agree with you eddie - i LOVE the new way that the commenting box is laid out. i used to have two screens open: one of the post/comments and one where i was commenting, and i would flip back and forth so i could remember what i was saying to whoever wrote before me. if that makes sense.
anyhow, i'm clicking away on your google ads. i think you get extra points or something if you actually click THROUGH the ad, like if it is an ad for tshirts, i'll flip through and look at tshirts. maybe i'm just paranoid.
Um, Eddie. Can I tell you that I am a just the tiniest bit jealous? I mean, my ads aren't as interesting as yours. How do you do it? There's nothing on your site written about coffee, and yet I just discovered Cliff and Tom's Coffee Company that operates out of Fort Worth. What gives?
By the way, I think you should ad at least two ads, not just one. That way, I can have OPTIONS. Girls NEED options.
Eddie - That poem is definetly a keeper. In fact I would unpost it so you can use it in the future. You don't know if your future Mrs. Renz is reading it right now. Hurry Hurry unpost it.
P.S. I'm revolting from the google club. But I'll let you and Jes take me out to dinner when you make your first million
Wow! Welcome to the softer side! Eddo, I've been away for a few days & I come back to all this LOVE talk...are you IN LOVE??!!!
(Yeah right like you would post that on your blog...well, maybe you would!)
Hey I can only see the other comments when I make a comment, what is going on?
KT is right.
WHAT IS GOING ON????!!!!!
ha! Jewelry for Manly Men??? Eddie! I'm so jealous of your ad content! These ads are hilarious!
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