November is a true month of patriotism and national pride, when many pin a red-white-red ribbon to their coat lapel, light memorial candles for defenders of the fatherland, sing the anthem at festive events and recall historical happenings. These are not typical greeting-card-writing celebrations, but poetry also serves at these festivities, on Latvia's Commemoration Day and birthday.
Tomorrow we celebrate World Penguin Day, which is traditionally marked on 25 April each year. Conventionally on this day or around these days in Antarctica the mass migration events of penguins begin. A few instructions on how to properly celebrate Penguin Day.
What could serve better as a greeting at the summer solstice celebrations than the old good Latvian folk song. Here are gathered folk songs expressing wishes of abundance, prosperity, good fortune and harmony.
Whatever the case, at a graduation we can allow ourselves sentiment, we can give in to nostalgia and romantic enthusiasm about the future. What better language is there to express all of this than poetry and music. Below I gather some verses that would be suited to this festive occasion.
One must always know how to say good, warm words, but this day is yet another opportunity for each person to thank their mother for her care and selfless devotion from the very first moment of life to maturity. Therefore, what follows is a small glimpse into the history of Mother's Day in Latvia, as well as excerpts from poetry for mother by various authors.
The day has equalled the night - the turning of the sun. After 40 days of the Great Lent, the Great Day has arrived. After a longer time of restraint, modesty and quiet, now splendour, bustle and the joy of life pour over the brim. As at other celebrations, so too at Easter let us dedicate good, bright, strong and joy-filled words to one another!
Today I want to receive freshly bloomed tulips. And you? Conventional. Perhaps. But spring-darling. Look, I even invented a new word! I wish to greet all women, ladies, dames, wonderful girls, gals, babes, sisters, mothers, grandmothers, colleagues, teachers and unknown passers-by on this day and invite everyone to savour every beautiful moment of life that lies ahead of us! Poetry for woman.
I continue to add to my verse notebook - this time I will compile greetings for the wedding day and wedding anniversaries. It has always seemed to me that wedding greeting cards in particular are special - so white, delicate and refined. With a certain reverence I have always picked up a fine black pen and chosen it carefully, so that the writing might look as elegant and graceful as possible.
A wedding is one of life's beautiful celebrations, and certainly if anyone is in doubt about whether to hold it with great fanfare or to simply marry in the presence of witnesses only, saving time, resources, energy and whatever else - we wholeheartedly recommend holding this celebration. It remains a value for the whole of life. As August rapidly approaches, which in Latvia is traditionally the richest time for weddings, I will remind all young couples and married people about the traditions of wedding anniversaries.
Since such a celebration as St. Valentine's or All Lovers' Day has come to be, I invite everyone on this day to speak to one another with love and only about love! Here I have gathered love poetry by various authors. If you are a person for whom words of love do not come easily to your lips, make do with some lines of verse that you can send as a Valentine's Day greeting verse to your beloved.
