Poetry Challenge for Valentine’s Day
Write a Love Hir a Thoddaid
Feb 14, 2021
What the heck is a Hir a Thoddaid? It’s a six-line Welsh poetic form, structured like this (the Xs are syllables and the As and Bs are the rhymes):
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Give it a whirl and share it in the comments or refer to this article. It’s a fun way to express your love, and your poem becomes a timeless Valentine. Don’t spend more than an hour writing it.
Here’s mine:
On this day of love, in COVID time
you’ve been the vaccine that keeps me fine.
There isn’t anyone else more kind
or that I would ask: “Will you be mine?”
You are my life, my hope and my true love.
Don’t ask why! Just be my Valentine!
Happy Valentine’s Day. ❤️❤️❤️
