The 12 Stepping Stones

nikki answers:

This is a favorite poem by EE Cummings

I carry your heart with me
(I carry it in my heart)
I am never without it
(anywhere I go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
I fear not fate
(For you are my fate, my sweet)
I want no world
(for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

Here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart

I carry your heart (I carry it in my heart)

nikki answers:

Definitely, take out a pen and paper and dig into your heart and share what you feel.. even if it doesn’t rhyme and fit the “poem” mold, that is the best poem that you can give her.

nikki answers:

This is a poem I read that may be good for you or feel free to spend a little time to personalize it

I think I have a problem
I think I lost my heart
I can’t find it any where its
Like I’m searching through
The dark I was beginning to panic
Wondering what to do then I
Remember my heart belong to you!!!

I love you

nikki answers:

I would talk to him face to face or write a short note to say what’s in your heart… that’s what I always do.

Its always best to be open and honest with people you care about.

nikki answers:

First read them carefully. Figure out what you think the author is talking about.

Keep in mind that no one can say you are interpreting the poem wrong.

Start by comparing main elements of the poems. Are they both about woman/man love, parent to a child love. etc.

Compare the way they describe their beloved. Is the love returned to the author , or is it unrequited? Is the author, happy or sad? Make each point and by sure to use lots of examples from the poems themselves.

That should give you at least 200 quickly. You can also jot down things that are obviously different and similar and arrange your paragraphs accordingly.

good luck