Love Express

Love Express

From Mexico to Japan to India

Love differs around the world.

Expressed through religions as it goes,

Including all the boys and girls.

 Love is a gift from the almighty God,

Expressed in different ways

Giving satisfaction to our heart

Throughout every single day

 When two hearts come together,

They will always beat as one

Committing to each other,

Full of passion as they live on.

 It will always be your own,

No matter who’s involved.

Sometimes it may be public

But more intimate than not.

 In India, they steal glances towards each other

Sharing their feelings with their eyes,

Speaking without words

Allowing only their hearts to lock.

 Diverse form Mexico where one can

 Kiss, hug, and hold hands.

Free to express their feelings,

With no one else to care.

 Some people can use poems,

To transform their feelings into words,

Using their inspiration to explore a mystery.

Saying their love in different ways, displaying feelings of emotion.

 Love is expressed in different ways,

No matter what your religion is,

You’ll always find that special one,

Just make sure you love them back.



blog 7: love in mexico

Blog 7

 

• Mexico: Dating and Marriage, Culture Grams.
• NOTES:

1. in Mexico City, couples of the same sex are allowed to get married and adopt children. 
2.  parental approval is important for most couples
3. public desplay f affection is normal, unless in presence of family members
4. at the beggining of a relationship,  small gifts are given to shw love and appreciation.
5. men use mariachi ( band) to sing love songs to their loved ones outside of their home.   
6. marriage usually happens in the mid 20's.
7. most men follow the tradition of asing for brides hand from her parents
8. most marriages happen with the civil wedding first and then the church wedding, as most mexicans are catholic
9. big party/ celebration follows wedding that includes dancing, games, gift-giving, and traditional Mexican dishes like mole, goat, and pozole.
10. divorce rate is low, since the catholic faith does not recognice divorce.
11. teen pregnancy is common, single mothers raise child with help of parents.

(from database) http://online.culturegrams.com/world/world_country_sections.php?contid=6&wmn=North_America&cid=102&cn=Mexico&sname=Dating_and_Marriage&snid=12

Interview

Blog 6

Part A:

1. The person I interviewed was Mrs. Miles. She works at school as a social worker. As a child, Mrs. Miles she lacked a lot of love from her parents and in relationships. she has then decided to make sure to let her children know how much she loves them. she is a christian and believes that God is the reason for everything. she understands that no one truly knows what love is until they have experienced it from god. She also believes that love is most important when used to forgive and love those gwho have hurt us and have no enemies. For her, love is a spiritual thing as much as it is a feeling. She also believes in soul mates.

2. she is a reliable source because she writes love poems about her feelings. she has studied the forms that love is written and expressed in poems.

3. I first started to intevew her on April 15, by email.

 Part B:  3-5 questions.

1. What inspires you to write love poems.?

         The things that inspires me to write about love is that is something that I have always desired. I want to be loved by a man that loves me unconditionally. The so called love that I have experienced was someone trying to control me and my life. I write what I feel and how I want things to be for me. I am also inspired by how I feel about the love of God and also how I feel about a certain man in my life. Who I feel is my soul mate. I do not see him often, yet I feel a strong love for him. Sometimes I don't understand why I'm feeling this way towards him and I barely see him. But, it seems like this love is getting stronger towards him, which confuses me. I asked God about this and helped me see how when you truly love someone, distance doesn't matter.

2. Is there a specific way you write your poems and how and why did you choose that method.?

            The way I write poems is based on what I am thinking, or how I am feeling at that moment. Also everywhere I go I listen to people’s conversations, sermon and lectures in boring meetings, not so much in the boring meetings. Actually in the boring meetings I am probably writing another poem. I take a paper pad and a pen everywhere I go. I also get phrases from my pastor when he is preaching; and from songs. Every once in a while I will listen to love songs. I would hear a line in the song that could be a potential title to a poem to. What I do is write down the phrase so I won’t forget it. I have a very long list of 700+potential poem titles that I go through and look at. If one stands out that is the one I will write. All I need is a title. When a love poem comes to mind I am on that for a good two to three weeks. I have written well over 500 + poems. Many of them I have not typed out yet. Some are typed but not in my file. I have a file on my computer with alphabetized poems from A-Z, plus a file with newer poems that have not been placed yet. I also have a physical file with 26 folders. I wrote my first poem in 1987. I started flowing in the 2000’s and have been flowing since. I sometimes write one poem. Then other times I will sit and write 10 at one sitting. Because I have been doing it for so long, it does not take me but a few minutes to complete one. Other times I will start one and finish it later. This is a hobby that has become a habit.

3. Is there a specific style you wrte them in.? for example, every line rhymes, or every other, mabey you use the end to turn the poem around into a different direction, like shaekspear, or maybe in haiku form or something. have you also written any sonnets.?

           I usually write my poems in rhymes, because thats what always comes in my mind when I write. (see that was poetry right there). I try not to write lame rhymes like some Rappers. My rhymes make sense to me and othes. I do have some free verse poems too. Some are things of life and I do have some silly poems as well. I have written some Haiku poems. I do research on other styles of poems in which I try to write in. There are so many other styles out there but some are so complicated to do; you have to use your brain. I have done a sonnet before for a poetry class I had taken, if I can find it I will send it to you. I have done other forms as well but it was in school. I do still have the notes somewhere. I will look for them. To be honest with you I am flattered for the interview. I am glad to share my knowledge wtih someone especially for a worthwhile school project. This is giving back to the community, I'm loving it.





Love Poems by Women

Checkpoint 5

a. Love Poems by Women, Wendy Mulford, Introduction.

b. 7-10 Bullet points:

• poems have no limits
• traditionaly written by men,
• women have been used as inspirations
• good old love poems were mostly written by heterosexuals poets in Japan and China
• there is always a lover and the beloved
• most good female love poems were written by homosexuals.
• love is a mystery that everyone finds on its own
• our own personal view of poems is related to culture, experiences, traditions, economics, and politics.

       In this book, Wendy Mulford explains that love poems are hard to decifer but everyone has their own opinion about them depending on ther lives. One reason that supports this main idea is that her book contains an anthology of love poems written by women and their background information. Another example that supports this main idea is that she believes ost of the best written poems by women were for the same sex or a beloved. Finally, the author gives the fact that many dont know poems by women because men often used their work as theirs or used them as muses to come up with creative ideas for literature to support the main idea.
These ideas are similar to the time of the slaved because their owners made them work and always took credit for their astonishing pieces of art.

post 4

http://www.helium.com/items/753511-the-role-of-love-in-literature
the role of love in literature.

1. december 18, 2007
2. Markus J. Holdings
3. canno verify the accuracy of information.

• writter has to feel the love in order to make others feel it too in the context
• love is feeling that cannot be ignored, yet ihard to fing the right one.
• no love in literature, no pasison

romance in india

 http://online.culturegrams.com/world/world_country_sections.php?&contid=3&wmn=Asia&cn=India&sname=Dating_and_Marriage&snid=12&cid=75

Culture Grams

		Dating and Marriage

• in india most mirrages are arranged by parents
• follow the csate system in order for the mirrage to be effective
• Indian Muslims have a strict male female seapration at a young age, so mirrages have to be arranged for them to happen.
• Marriage is sacred to most Indians and is believed to last beyond death
• modesty and chastity is very important fotr women
• mirrages happen during teens.. in urban areas later
• northen india: engagements are finalized in a specific ceremony. The families meet, and the couple agrees to marry. The occasion is celebrated with food, music, dancing, and exchanging of gifts. After this ceremony, a wedding date is chosen, and the couple is free to court and get to know one another
• western india:at an engagement ceremony, the bride's family arrives with a steel container full of sweets and gifts to be given to the groom and his family
• in southern inida:the bride and groom are not required to attend the engagement function. The commitment is made between their families. The most important ritual in finishing these engagements consists of each family giving the other a plate with exotic foods and plants
• Polygamy is practiced only by Indian Muslims, whose religion permits a man to marry up to four wives
• Divorce is relatively rare, most likely due to the cultural and religious importance of marriage.
•  In the case of divorce, Indian law stipulates that a man must continue to provide financial support to his ex-wife and any children they may have

1. why is Mirrage so important in idia?
2. do arranged mirrages really make the poeple happy, or do they just pretend to have peace?
3. why do men find it easier to remarry after a divorce and not women too?

love in Japan

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2106704,00.html

this article is about the most modern way to find true love in Japan.

•  according to this article, in 2005 61.5 % of the population in Japan has no interest in having a relationship. 
• about 40 % has no interest in a lifelong marriage
• and about 45% has no interest ion dating the opposite sex.
• the dating website O- Net has a bigger match making than older, personal times.
• in 2007, the divorcing parentage  increased

How do people express their love toward one another

1. How is mairrage developed in other countries?
2. How does literature help people express their love.
3. Wat other types of art helps them: music, art...?

 love is strong, blind, and painful. everyone in this world loves someone, they may just not know it yet, or just havent met the right person, but i believe that everyone will find a way to incorporate love into their lives. all cultures have different rules and believes, so therefor they may have different views on love. for example some have arranged mirrages, some may be free to do whatever they like, or some may even have to stay single. during my studyingh of hinduism, i have learned that about 95% of the population have arrangesd marriages and believe that for two people to be rightfully together they must be from the same caste. during a wedding, the moman gets a hanna all over her body and the darker it gets, the better the relationship is between the wife and mother in law. during the ceremony, the wife hands the husband hanfullls of white flower pedals to simbolize all the wifes wealth, which now belonged to the husband. soon after themyst walk seven times around the altar to walkl the path of life. durinmg this walk, the woman walks first for the first three times then the husband walks in front for the rest of the way, showing how he will lead the wife and family.