Valentines Poetry Community Archive

Our community poetry archive - words that marked the moment

For many years, Valentine’s Day at Tree2MyDoor was marked with words rather than noise.

Each February, people shared poems for those they loved; from partners, parents, children, friends and those no longer here but never forgotten. Some were polished. Others were tentative. All were honest.

Together, they formed a quiet tradition. One rooted in feeling rather than formality.

From the archive

A few lines have stayed with us over the years. Not because they were perfect, but because they were true.

“I didn’t know how to say it,
so I planted something instead.
A quiet promise,
growing where words fell short.”

“Love isn’t loud in our house.
It’s the kettle put on first.
The garden gate fixed again.
The tree that comes back every spring.”

“You’re still here.
In the soil.
In the light.
In everything that grows without asking.”

Each poem was shared with permission and care. Together, they reflect love, memory and connection. Poetry written by real people, in real moments.

The archive timeline

The Valentine’s Day Poetry Competition ran for nearly two decades. These pages are kept as an archive, in a timeline of voices shared across the years.

2025 marked the final year of the competition, bringing this chapter gently to a close.

This archive will remain here as part of the Tree2MyDoor story and a reminder that words, like living gifts, can hold meaning long after the moment has passed.