Just a quick visit to wish you a Happy Valentine’s Day! Since we “Riskies” all write romance, it did not seem right to let this day focused on celebrating romance go by without posting something here.
Regency lovers, woodcut 1815
The World’s Oldest Love Poem:
While this is neither a Regency poem nor something that would have been known of in the Regency period, I still think you might be interested to read about the “world’s oldest love poem“, so here is a link to read about it.
A love match between an ancient king of Sumeria and his people’s Goddess of Love sounds like it could be a good plot for a book, following ancient mythology. Not sure it could be made to fit into a Regency –well, unless it was an “alternate-reality” Regency, and some of those have been great fun! Anyone up for a tale where the ancient goddess is still around, desperately in love with an unsuspecting Regency rake? <g> Feel free to pursue this, if you’re a writer –I already have too many other stories on my to-do list to add any new ones!
Happy Valentine’s Day!