A Poem for You

I don’t know whether the official colour(s) for St. Valentine’s Day is red or red and white.

Good morning and happy red day!

I don’t know whether the official colour(s) for St. Valentine’s Day is red or red and white. Some of us did not wake up to red roses and a surprise chocolate and teddy bear or breakfast in bed and yada yada yada.

When I woke up this morning, I was hoping of seeing some love captions with associating pictures on Twitter and Instagram and maybe Facebook.

Like….

Oh, see what she bought me. I love her so much.

My boyfriend is the best. He surprised me with breakfast in bed.

Then we will react with the love reaction and go like awwws and ohhhs.

After 14^th, end of story.

But I have a poem for you today. *insert crowd going wild*. Because that’s how we do every year on the blog right?

Some Things I Love about Him (page 1)

His eyes, like the moonlight made of red dust

His touch, like the kisses of delicate roses

His kisses, like the shores of a happy beach

His hugs, filled with heavenly kisses

His voice, required to open my heart’s gate

His laughter, welcoming me home

So, for your information, this poem was written last year. I decided to review it and make some changes, so the words on the photo might slightly differ from what was just typed on here.

Have a nice day everyone!

The Valentine Talk ft. Aquilas

Aquilas Out with New Single 'My Baby’

40K Records & RS Music presents you this piece, titled ‘My Baby’ by sensational versatile act Aquilas. This song is inspired by true life experiences

This awesome vibe is strictly created for your amusements, make sure you always have it on your playlist. The song was mixed by T2 and mastered by Slim Drumz.

Hello world!

It is 5 days to the day of love and chocolates and romance and xoxo, so I grabbed Aquilas and forced him to talk about love.

Just kidding, I didn’t force him.

So I asked him about love and the St. Valentine Day celebration and most importantly about his new single; My Baby which was inspired by true life events.

After all, you are not the only one who doesn’t normally celebrate the Val’s day. He also doesn’t celebrate it.

Say what! You are not alone.

Marietta: Tell us about Valentine's Day. How do you feel about it?

Aquilas: I feel Valentine’s Day is the best time to show love since it’s accepted worldwide that it’s the time to show love

Marietta: What does love mean to you?

Aquilas: Love means taking responsibilities for your partner to make her happy

Marietta: Tell us what your ideal Valentine's Day celebration looks like.

Aquilas: Mostly I don’t celebrate Valentine's Day so I will be home writing music as usual

Marietta: What Valentine's Day activities can you recommend for people who are single?

Aquilas: Maybe seeing a comedy show

Marietta: Tell us about your new single My Baby

Aquilas: My baby was one of the songs I feel I took time to write and it is my best so far and the response is great.

Shout outs to all my fans and those supporting me.

Download his new single here

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@aquilasworldwide talks about love, the St. Valentine's Day and his new single. • The Valentine's Day Talk with Aquilas ft his new single. On the blog now👌👌👌

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Short Love Poems by M. G. DeGrant

Currently playing: Mi Naa Bo Po by E.L

Hello world and Happy St. Valentine Day!

I hope your day would be filled with love and red and chocolate and roses and cupid and everything associated with it. 🍫💗💏💑💋

Every year, on the blog, I write a love poem on the blog. This year would be a little different. Instead of writing one love poem, I present to you four short love poems that you can easily remember.

I hope you love them and enjoy them.

These are poems from my imperfect poetry collection.

I have some poems written by me that I claim to be imperfect but I love them too.

Please enjoy, but remember to have fun.

p.s. Mi Naa Bo Po has been on repeat since last week, and I am not tired. I’ll be tired of it soon.

1.Even if my poem is not appreciated by others

 At least I can write about you

 And it would stay between us.

 Everyone would see the faults in my poems

 Only you would appreciate every flaw

 And embrace it with your imperfections

2. Your imperfection is like ice cream

    It has no definite shape

   But every lick is mesmerizing

3. Some people fear the idea of forever

    But I know with you

    Forever is too short a time

4 Put your head at the corner of my neck

And breathe hard into it

For it is soothing to my soul

Talk into it

And let me feel my body vibrate

Which of them was your favourite?

Happy St. Valentine’s Day (Day 14)

He who is in love is wise and becoming wiser. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Good morning and happy St. Valentine’s Day! I am back from my religious trip and it was fantastic. I hope you will have a nice day today, or maybe you did have a nice time yesterday, just like me. As soon as I came back from my trip, I spent time with my friends, and it was fun.

Remember to enjoy and spread love. It doesn’t hurt to be romantic or to spend time with friends. It doesn’t hurt to surprise someone with a good time together. It doesn’t hurt to eat a bar of chocolate today.

Love is patient and kind;

Love is not jealous,

Or conceited, or proud;

Love is not ill-mannered,

Or selfish, or irritable;

Love does not keep a

Record of wrongs; love is

Not happy with evil, but is

Happy with the truth.

Love never gives up: its

Faith, hope and patience never fail.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Love never gives up, and it is true. I know it.

Happy Valentine’s Day, friends. 

Late Night Calls (Day 13) Poetry

This is poetry for this year’s Valentine’s Day. Enjoy!

Late Night Calls

She was counting down the hours to 12am

The time for chatting

The time for love making over voice with words

Whispering sweet nothings

She patiently counted down to 12am

Then she gave up

Time stood still

But she wanted to hear his voice again

Their parents would be asleep by then

And they had to keep their voices low

But that was romantic

For their voices sounded like honey

Flowing down a smooth green leaf

It was sweet

It was slow

Ooh, curse the time that stood still  

She wanted to talk with him

And hug her pillow as she listens to his masculine voice

Which can be tasted and felt

And recorded on her heart

There was joy and there was love

His poetry doesn’t rhyme

But she likes it

Her words are not perfect

But he loves them

They have to go to school in the morning

But they didn’t care

Because falling in love was their favourite subject

And that was for a lifetime

Late night phone calls

Late night “I love you” s

Late night poetic exchange

Late night flowing honey

Love is crazy

But it is not time wasting

                                                                                       Marietta DeGrant

                                                                                        January 2016

  

Lettre D’Amour (Day 12)

Lettre d’amour is the French word for a love letter.

Dear Readers,

You are beautiful, handsome, talented, and blessed, but you just don’t know it. The worst part is, you don’t want to agree to what I am saying. Have you ever looked at the mirror? Do you hate the size of your eyes? Someone wants that size.

Sometimes, you feel you are not good enough? Do you really need to think about that? How far have you gone to conclude that you are not good enough?

You think you are fat, you think you are ugly, you think you are not talented, and sometimes you think, you are nobody.

Well, I am writing you tell you, you are wrong.

You have a purpose, but you just don’t want to know. You are talented, but you just don’t want to find out what you are talented at.

Love the body you live in and take good care of it. Try to stay fit, and take good care of your skin. Eat healthily and let your mind and heart be at peace.

You can dance, you can write, you can speak in public, you can make someone’s day brighter. I am not a motivational speaker or anything of that sort, but I know I am supposed to tell you this today. It’s Valentine and you need to be appreciated.

Thank you for supporting the blog, and I love you all, even the haters.

Good night!

Your blogger,

Marietta

Have I done any good?

1. Have I done any good in the world today?

Have I helped anyone in need?

Have I cheered up the sad and made someone feel glad?

If not, I have failed indeed.

Has anyone’s burden been lighter today

Because I was willing to share?

Have the sick and the weary been helped on their way?

When they needed my help was I there?

Then wake up and do something more

Than dream of your mansion above.

Doing good is a pleasure, a joy beyond measure,

A blessing of duty and love.

2. There are chances for work all around just now,

Opportunities right in our way.

Do not let them pass by, saying, “Sometime I’ll try,”

But go and do something today.

’Tis noble of man to work and to give;

Love’s labor has merit alone.

Only he who does something helps others to live.

To God each good work will be known.

Then wake up and do something more

Than dream of your mansion above.

Doing good is a pleasure, a joy beyond measure,

A blessing of duty and love.

Text and music: Will L. Thompson, 1847–1909, alt.

I am Chocoholic (Day 11)

Hello, hello!

This post is coming to you live at dawn, because today is a busy day and a fun one too. We are embarking on a religious trip and I am super excited about it. I am done with packing and would probably be back on Saturday, just in time to get ready for Val’s Day.

Yep!

Oookay, welcome to another post of

And today’s all about chocolate. Hmmm. I am in love with everything chocolate. M.A.D.L.Y. in love with chocolate and I have a Pinterestboard for just chocolates. I love to watch Charlie and the Chocolate factory just because of the abundance of chocolate I see in it, and literally wishing I would own that factory for myself.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t eat chocolate like crazy to the extent of falling sick, but I love chocolate. If I don’t get chocolate for a day, I am ok with it. I don’t go about searching for chocolate, but if I do get it, I will say thanks, darling then munch on it.

Thanks to Pinterest, I can gather pictures of chocolate to make my mouth water.

Check out these images.

hmm, the look and feel of it

saving this for Christmas, mmmm

Don’t you just love the look of it, the colour, the beauty it has?

In Ghana, 14^th February is also Chocolate Day, in addition to the Valentine’s Day, so I get to eat chocolate, you know. So I celebrate two occasions, St. Valentine’s Day and Chocolate Day. I love my country.

See you later

Ps. Since I would be travelling today, tomorrow’s post and Saturday’s post would be scheduled for your reading pleasure. Check back tomorrow and Saturday morning to continue reading 14 Days of MarieAmour.

See you on Sunday.

Valentine Mood Board (Day 10)

Hey there world.

Another post of

And it’s my Valentine mood board.

Maybe, you might get some inspiration from here.

Good luck

Less than four days more. J

PS. Inspiration are from Pinterest and Tumblr

What to Wear on Valentine’s Day (Day 9)

I don’t know what to wear on Valentine’s Day. It’s true. Ladies struggle with what to wear every day, every moment.

I am also in that I don’t know what to wear zone.

I am not considered as a fashion guru, mind you. I am not considered as part of the fashionable people. That’s why I am not a full time fashion blogger.

Actually, today’s post is what to wear on Valentine’s Day. Not necessary red. I like to look at style photos for inspiration for these kind of cases.

For a day out

For the beach babes

For volunteer/ Charity work

For the dinner night

Church (because it falls on a Sunday)

Alone in my room, stalking Instagram J

Good luck!!!

There Is Beauty All Around(Day 8)

Bad news: Jst heard the trip i was about to embark has been postponed, and I don't feel good about it.  A am actually sad it has been shifted to another date, which is yet to be announced soon. Ugh!

Saturday 9^th January was the wedding of a friend of mine, and it was the first wedding I had attended this year. It was also the time I got to meet people I haven’t seen in a looooong while since I moved to Winneba.

Congratulations to Bro. and Sis. Duku, for a wedding to remember. A wedding where the bride taught the groom how to dance and how to love dancing, and we loved that. Well done, Priscilla.

The home would be a home of faith, love, learning and dancing. Yep!

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

                                                                                                Ecclesiastes 9:9

Sorry for taking too many selfies. LOL

Ideas for Celebrating St. Valentine’s Day (Day 7)

Happy Sunday everyone. I woke up earlier to be able to write this post before to head to the chapel for church service. It wouldn’t be a long post so let’s do this real quick.

This is another episode of

………..and we are talking about ways celebrating the Val’s day, which is next week.

Yeah, just next week Sunday.

Anyway, so since this year, the Red day falls on a Sunday, which is not so much of a cool day to celebrate it, in my opinion, I intend to celebrate it with my friends on either Saturday, which is the day before or Monday(the day after). We are still thinking about it, and I believe Saturday is a better day.

There are so many ways of celebrating the red day, whether you are single or attached. Unfortunately, I cannot give tips for those who are married, because I have no right to do that, and I am not an expert in that area yet, hahaha.

This post is mainly for young adults. For those who have not yet put the ring on it. *wink*wink*

                1.     Do voluntary work. Help to take care of the elderly, the afflicted. Volunteer to work at a place you dream of volunteering.
2.       Do charity work. Visit the orphanage or children’s hospital. Decorate the wards with red ribbons and share some sweets. Don’t forget to donate. They have the right to smile on Valentine’s Day too.
3.       Visit the beach with your friends or with your significant other, especially in the evening.
4.       Go for hiking with a group of friends to a faraway place. Do not forget to take along enough water (most important), and food.

What are you doing on the St. Valentine weekend?

DIY Soap Basket (Day 6)

Good morning! It’s Saturday and I’m happy about that. I just hope it will seem longer than 24 hours, so that I can rest and do a little bit of organization in my room.

Let’s learn a little DIY.

I learnt this thing when I went for a church camp when I was 12 years old. Oh, I surely miss those days. The last time I tried this DIY was when I was almost 14. I did it with some friends before going for the Christmas break. I gave that basket to my mum as a Christmas gift and she loved it. I remember the evening before we made the DIY, we went round searching for a cellophane wrapper. Even a neighbor, who was my friend and my junior but in another neighbouring school helped in the search. We went to every store in the neighbourhood then at last, we got some. My parents were furious because of how I stayed late after school and they were worried sick. I did not really care. I was making a Christmas present for my mum.

This is my first time in a long time to try it again. The soap basket is a great DIY gift to give to your female friends and relatives, and it can serve as an air refresher if you used a sweet scented soap.

Things You’ll Need

A sweet scented bathing soap

Office pins

Ribbons

A beautiful cellophane

A copper wire

A cardboard

A bow (optional)

A pair of pliers

A pair of scissoorss

Method

1.       Unwrap your soap from its original wrapper

2.       Pin the office pins on the outer part of the soap on top

3.       Cut the cardboard like the shape and size as the soap, place it at the bottom and pin the office pins at the bottom, just as you did at the top

4.       Cut the ribbon to a long thin one, and decorate the pins in a intertwined motion from top to bottom to top continuously

5.       Decorate the wire with a ribbon (maybe, another colour).Bend the wire into a shape like the hand of a basket (the distance between the two wire pins should be the same as the soap). Pin it to both ends

6.        Wrap the decorated soap like the way a hamper is wrapped and tie the top with a ribbon.

7.       Add a bow as desired.

You can decorate your room with it and save it till Valentine’s Day to give it to your sister or one of your girlfriends.

Want to try it?

Then send me a picture of it. Tweet it @MarieNoelGrant or tag me in your Instagram photo @MarieNoelGrant. I would loooove to see it.

Have a great weekend!

There is a Love Song Written on my Face (Day 5)

Good afternoon. Today I woke up with a great feeling of happiness just because I can smell a good weekend. Fridays are the best days ever.

When I woke up today, there was a love song playing in my ears. Meaning, I slept with my earpiece on. No judgements, I used to do that, and some people have told me to stop. I have a bad habit of having music playing with my headphones on, all the time. I have been advised to stop doing that always, or else, I will lose my sense of hearing.

Whoosh that’s scary.

Anyway, I am getting better in that area. The number of times I have an earpiece on has reduced, but last night, I had to listen to music while on bed (I’m addicted to music), and I guess I fell asleep while listening, so no judgements, haha.

I woke up with a Brenda Lee song. Though the song is really old, I love it. This song has been playing since January, on my computer, on my phone, my DVD player, literally on every playing device. Yeah, that’s how I can abuse a song. I can play the song repeatedly till I hate it.

This song, If You Love Me (Really Love Me) was the song that was playing, and I smiled when I woke up. I will sing that to my future husband one day. Any voice trainer in the house?

As an ICT student, Adobe Photoshop is one of our best friend tools, for editing pictures for websites, flyers, banners, cards and all fun stuff. Thanks to Photoshop, I had a love song written on my face.

That is Brenda Lee’s song written on my face.

I have a feeling this weekend would be great.