Sonnet from the Frog

The Frog wrote this for you in honor of Valentine's Day!

If thou must love us, let it be for naught

Except for love's sake only. Do not say,

'I love Rob for his wit - Jeff's wisdom - Kerry's way

Of croaking pretty - or for Stephanie's trick of thought

That falls in well with mine, or Julie who brings

A sense of pleasant ease on such a Thursday' -

For these things in themselves, Beloved, may

Be changed, or change for thee - and love, so wrought,

May be unwrought so.

But love me for Sariah's sake, that evermore

Thou mayst love on, through writing's eternity!

Oh, wait! Now that I look a little closer, I think perhaps Elizabeth Barrett Browning may have written part of that! (Sonnets from the Portuguese XIV) The Frog's poems go more like this:

Popsicles are cold. Cocoa is hot.

Don't go away 'cuz we like you a lot!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!