Shanghai 30s Valentines Day Competition
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And the winner is... crispy! Shanghai 30s were so impressed with the standard of the entries, however, that they have offered 4 runner-up prizes, to H, Mrs Ferret, You Know Who and romeo (small r). They will each receive a complimentary bottle of romantically pink rosé the next time they eat at Shanghai 30s! Click on the names to view the winning poems. Thanks to everyone who took part - we enjoyed your entries very much! The competition is now closed, but should the inspiration continue to flow, feel free to submit extra poems here (or to our Anti-Valentine's Day Poetry page). Daily Info Staff, 09/02/07 Come sail away with me, on the river not the sea. Just the two of us, just nature no fuss. To look at the fullness of your soul in the bright light of the moon. To hold you close to my hips, Hips to hips, lips to lips. We kiss, we miss, the constraints of time as we savour the devine. For a magic moment we are one, for a magic moment the vale undone. We see the beauty in it all and rejoice with thoughts of more love in stall. Anonymouse, 09/02/07 YOU COLOUR MY LIFE Blue for your eye, and the sea, and the sky. Red for your music, that makes my heart cry. Mauve for the thougts that are grave and deep, Sof lilac the momories we wish to keep. Green for the leaves that come again in spring, Rose for your company, that makes my heart sing. Orange for the leaves that shine when autumn sings it's song And grey is for my sorrow at the thought you might be gone. soft white is for the tears I'll shed, If I no longer lay my head Beside you in the dark of nigt, And sleep in peace till morning light. Eloise, 08/02/07 Winning Poem: She has a top-class language degree I merely left school with one CSE What can it be that she sees in me? I have 3 children and one ex-wife She has been single for most of her life Why does she tolerate all this strife? She lives in France in her mountain-top gîte My divorced dad’s pad is somewhat petite For this all to work would be quite a feat. I’m a bit out of shape and not very fit She’s rather slender and sporty with it I’m glad it was me she decided to pick But despite all this, she loves me so I love her truly I want her to know Neither of us quite can explain why Maybe the answer’s to be found at Shanghai… crispy, 07/02/07 Mon Coeur, I’ve always thought I knew what love was about until I saw you. I know now I never knew love before I met you. These are the words I already told you. Our love is not written with a little l Our love is forever written with a capital L: Léowenn, our son, our love, our gift. I will never thank you enough for this precious gift. Six months full of joy and tears, Six months without a moment of our own. It is time now. Close your eyes. Let me take you where you’ve never been before. Just murmur our magic word: JTM Ton Ange, 07/02/07 SONNET I My husband’s legs are nothing more than sticks; Coral is far less red than his spots’ red: If night be day, why then the light plays tricks, If hairs be grass, bare lawn’s upon his head. I have seen handsome Greek gods, tall and lean; Whilst he, a northern sprite, wants height (and chin). As in far worlds others pronounce and preen, His skimming wit refines to piercing pin. I love to hear him sing yet then do fear That those far less in love should think him pained. I grant I saw no man so quickly vexed; My husband, when he rants, be ne’er contained. And yet, I swear, he is beyond merit: Mine own true love, my small furry ferret. (With acknowledgements to Shakespeare Sonnet CXXX) Mrs Ferret, 06/02/07 Dinner Date Pardon me, but could we meet Over something delicious to eat ? Please, please allow me to try At a restaurant I know called ‘Shanghai’. We’ll learn about me and you As we enjoy its mouth-watering menu. And it certainly won’t be a waste, If we find we suit each other’s taste. In fact, when I saw how you looked, Straightaway I booked. I hope you don’t think that a trifle pert, But they also serve a divine desert. Above all, I would feel such a winner, If you honoured me for Valentine’s dinner. Romeo, 06/02/07 V he's my only secret vice A he ALWAYS takes my advice L his luciousiousness leaves me searing E he's just so very endearing N he's just so naturally nice T he stops my heart in a trice I he's intriguing and I can't get enough N he's naughty.....really HOT stuff E he's so edible.....know what I mean? .....so send us for dinner and I'll lick the "plate" clean! Saucy Sue, 06/02/07 Your Return Love is a quality magnified by absence. Without its presence, it becomes all consuming. The tender tenacity of emotion heightened By the anticipation Of your return. When you are gone, my love is a hole. It becomes deeper, wider, darker. The more I take away, the bigger it grows. Only to be filled By your return. When you are here, I am calm and quiet. The part of myself that you took with you, Has been brought back, and it has grown. I return to myself With your return. GeeJayGee, 06/02/07 One and Only Valentine I love you more Than when Oxford United score. I love you better Than a tax rebate letter. I love you beyond Any brunette, redhead or blonde. I love you greater Than a diamond excavator. I love you, no matter, Whether you get thinner or fatter. I love you such a lot Because you're everything I've got. And, so, I love you all the time, My one and only Valentine. You Know Who, 05/02/07 With 84,600 seconds in a day I'd spend each one with you, But on 14th Feb I may waste 10,800 just cooking you up a stew. That seems unjust when at Shanghai 30s I'd have 17,625 to lose myself in your eyes, And 3,600 for a post-nosh walk through dreaming spires and under starry skies. I'd kiss your sweet lips for a whole 180 and squeeze your sexy bottom, Cos the total love-filled 77 million, 197,500 we've had together can never be forgotten! Jono, 05/02/07 Why did you choose, that day, To smile at me? I glimpsed time, As though already there, I saw it, There in your eyes, Close, entwined, whispering to you, My daydream in a moment, Now it’s real, surreal, And I love you. Pickle, 04/02/07 I live to see you smile I live to hear your laugh I live to just be near you And that's enough for me I love to feel your warmth Your gentle hand upon my knee I'm alive when in your presence Do you know just what you mean to me? I no longer live in the past And the future worries me no more I exist just in this moment And that's the way that life should be. CAB, 03/02/07 I was just a boy of eleven, being with you was just like heaven, your pretty, shiny, brown hair, That I just wanted to love and care. sealy101, 03/02/07 Heart Shanghai Its a little hard to explain Especially to those bound by a brain. Much like the rest, I always thought I knew best. In fact, almost in every way, I thought I was in command night and day. And, then, you came along, Beguiling as Spring bird song. My joy was in short supply, Until restored by your heart Shanghai. You found my Achilles heel, Taught me once more to feel. Now I'm as different as can be, For you offered the world of love to me. H.H., 03/02/07 My Oxford Valentine Your Beauty deserves an Oscar, Bill Wavelance, 02/02/07 Darling, Can you believe it! We have been together over 35 years and each year our love grows. However, I don't feel old. Rather I still feel like a young bride with you! How thankful I am for your patience, tender care and love you have showered me with these many years. Yes, we have been through some rough times, and how I shudder as I think how close we came to throwing it all away. Now, we can rejoice in our love for one another that has been renewed and refreshed over the years and I pray that our marriage can be an example to young couples and encourage them to never, never, never give up on their love for one another. I love you! Nonnie, 01/02/07 I was just a girl of sweet sixteen, Yours the bluest eyes I had ever seen, Our eyes met and you made me melt, Flutters in my tummy like I'd never felt. Our first date came and you held my hand, Such a beautiful day for me you had planned, A stroll by the river- the sky so blue, I knew from that moment that I loved you. Soulmates together from that day, Four beautiful babies along the way, 15 years married, on the 15th of Feb, My passion for you will never ebb. A night out together would be so brill, Away from the kids - a chance to chill, To toast our anniversary, and St Valentine, too, A chance for me to say I LOVE YOU!!! Little JoJo, 01/02/07 In the shadow the the first encounter one felt no love to surrond her, but in the light of the second night, one felt passion, clear and bright. Brian J. Hamilton, 01/02/07 Love is a many fandangled word, Or is love something deeper than that? But I love life and the chance to be true, So I took the chance to write a line swede, 31/01/07 Chopstick-clicking Noodle-licking Candle-flaring Eyeball-staring Sauce-slurping (No-burping) Lychee-peeling Throbby-feeling Pulses-racing Yours-or-my-placing Late-night-cuddling Arms-and-legs-muddling Duvet-hogging Lotsa-snogging LOVE Amora, 31/01/07 A Hawaiian hula girl fell for a Swedish prince. The two met in Oxford and stayed together ever since. She of volcanic extraction, he a most welcome distraction. Though from opposite ends of the earth the relationship had its birth Right here in these hallowed walls turning spires, centuries and all. She promises to do a hula dance if Shanghai 30's and Daily Info give this odd pair a chance! Keolani, 31/01/07 I hope it's comforting to know I'm home While we're broke and living low That without money or goods I love you - simple So i hope it's comforting to know That I care Not for tables, sofas, chairs But just for you I hope that's comforting to know I hope it's comforting to know This Valentine's While we wait for our home to show I hope it's comforting to know I love you - unconditional So I hope it's comforting to know That I care Not for bricks, mortar, tiles But just for you I hope that's comforting to know cici, 30/01/07 25 years still going strong they said it wouldn't last but we showed them they're wrong ups and downs, arguments so many we've come through it and love! we have plenty friends to start love then followed now soul mates what more could you ask? as the years go by my heart beats faster another 25 years I can see us together petal, 30/01/07 Fighting for light Heads up in darkness The finery of the night Worn and flaunted Each star out shining The dark matter turning No two flakes are alike But the similarities stun And amaze us both Look inside deeper still The sun's rays never nearer One heart beat then another One friend, then a lover Each flame leaps higher And as the sparks fall Our eyes close Tired through twilight Day break before us We retire Dawntrader, 29/01/07 Before I found you I was lost and confused, The ups and downs of life had left me so bruised. You have brought me so much happiness, love and security To feel so content is a feeling of purity. I once thought my life would never go my way, but now I have you, and you light up my day. Even though I am still young I know true love, you make me complete, we fit like a hand to a glove. Soulmates forever we are meant to be, I love you, my angel, you are my destiny. Honeypot, 28/01/07 Love, sometimes only a word, a confused feeling, but so much more, A look, that very essence of knowing what's in store, A month, it can define and change what love might be in your eyes, This moment, time stops when I wonder what lies between your sighs, Flowers, I left them behind when you looked the other way, Regret, the fear and indecision at not knowing what to say, A chance, a dinner to remember all that once passed before by candlelight, Welcome to Shanghai 30s, where love and lovers stop for a tasty bite... Christophe, 27/01/07 IMPERIAL Red and white: Our countries' colours. Silken colours, golden thread. The dim lights, long alley, Not to the old English Elisabeth where an Italian princess partied but to Shanghai in Oxford, the endless beauty of Asia and private elegance. A feast of food there is and Chopsticks to feed each other. Like the dragon he breathes fire, like the phoenix from the ashes I rise. asia, 27/01/07 My love, to whom my favours tend, Has only one fault she might mend: Her failure to eat (whether fish, veg or meat!) Must really be brought to an end. But how best to accomplish this feat? Of course – with a Valentine’s treat, At the best place in town, Known for miles around; Shanghai 30s can make her replete! **** Jokes aside, all I’m wanting to say, To you, my perfect fiancée, With lines witty and terse (a limerick verse!), Is that you make me happy each day. ssb, 26/01/07 For love's sake ... A Valentine, hope entwined, care inclined, to wine and dine an offer fine of love, so kind. Will you be mine? shortertoad, 26/01/07 In this moment in time, I live and love. But have I really live life if I have never fallen in love? Now, this moment in time, I have found my true love, Will I really live life if I give my true love my true love? But as long as there is Hot and Sour Soup, I believe my true love will live Forever Happy. Will she give me this chance? Only Shanghai 30's Hot and Sour Soup................ Your True Love, 25/01/07 At the Shangai 30's with my sweet valentine eating oodles of noodles and sipping on wine. It's where you might find me on the 14th of Feb If I win the great prize that I found on the web. But why should I win, I hear you all say. Well, basically because it's St Valentine's Day. I married the man who I've loved many years. We've had ups and downs, lots of laughter, some tears. But my pockets are bare, and my bank account too so I can't buy him dinner to say "I love you". I'm using my skill as a bit of a poet. You love it, you do! Oh go on, you know it! You think I should win and take my husband for dinner. He'll love me so much 'cos I'm a Daily Info winner!!! Charlotte Scadeng, 25/01/07 You make me feel beautiful. No one else can do this. You make me feel treasured. A rare and prized possession. You make me feel I can be Myself: tears, anger, trouble and all. You make me feel … essential. Increasingly part of you as you are of me, My Valentine. MrsB2B, 24/01/07 I've waited 20 years for you Now that I've found you Let's be together My lover Forever Time wasted is lost forever Our love we'll remember Together Forever I love you - now tell me: Do you love me? You do! Valentine dinner at Shangai is for you As special as your love is to me... Ellyann, 24/01/07 Gentle tender tentative kisses Give way to wetter sloppier passionate kisses Arms reach around and behind you You press against me Urgently urgently My searching hands Take in the whole of your back Beneath a January parka An Oxford shawl A polyester blouse The touch of your skin better than sesame oil No place for a Malthusian check S, 24/01/07 He deserves it because he's special he deserves it all the time he deserves it for being a gentlemen he deserves to be wined and dined he is my pefect valentine the best that one could be a deserving part of the community im sure all would agree he deserves dinner for two so perfect, a picture veiw so this gift from you to him and me would be just perfect for two spaced, 24/01/07 While I was going to Shanghai, I met a girl who caught my eye, With talents rich beyond compare, Huge soft round eyes, long chestnut hair; My heart was hers, right then and there. She took her time in giving hers, Bitten, shy, and risk-averse; But sky and water, day and night, Brought endless talks, and dawning light: Our time apart just wasn't right. Ups and downs have come and gone; I've thought her lost more times than one. But something draws us back together, Our trust an endless source of treasure, I need her now much more than ever. She knows I love her, that's for sure, And Valentines can seem a chore; But if I feed her with a rhyme, The food will taste somehow sublime, And she'll be pleased for quite some time. romeo, 23/01/07 5 years, 2 children What a crazy time it's been!? House buying, job changing How do we find the time within?! Ups and downs, crys and laughter We've been through it all. Marriage plans; another baby We just cant do it all. One, only special day I want to show you more. How about going to Shanghai - come on babe, let's walk through the door. I love you today, I love you tomorrow I love you forever more. 'Cos of you my babe, I'll always be sure. mamas, 23/01/07 LOVE... LOVE??? LOVE!!! LOVE is Given... Giving and inclined to give generously all you have... LOVE is Tolerance??? Tolerating that you exist as transparent as air in his eyes??? Tolerating that his world for you as impalpable as a dream??? LOVE is Renunciation!!! Let him go, let him breathe and let him own extremely happyness even without you!!! LOVE... LOVE??? LOVE!!! What is Love? LOVE is an indeterminate future! H, 22/01/07 You took me to Shanghai and made me cry, You left me on a crowded street and disappeared, I was afraid that I will never find, No, not you, but my preceding life. But you came back and gave me bunch of roses, You told me you were wrong and you regret... What could I do without money in my pocket? I had to follow you to that dirty-smelly hotel. Next day you were OK and even nice, You didn't kick me once and didn't shout, I started thinking that you possibly could change, But I was wrong, I knew it and I suffered. But here we are, five years later still together, We both have changed a lot, but never mind, I'll make an effort not to remember painful, I'll make an effort and will take you to "Shanghai". Ching-Chong, 22/01/07 Love, love, love, love, love? It's only a word, no amount of chocolate, flowers or words can ever replace the emotion, the feelings and the actions that are actually encompassed by that small 4 letter word. I love you, I love you! Its only words, no matter how much you say it, it only means something if you live it, show it and be it. Valentines day. It's only a day, and if it's the only day you show your love, then its a nothing day and the words 'I LOVE YOU' are empty. Make every day valentines day, not only for your lover but for everyone you love, your cat, your friends, family, the world. Feeling loved, being loved and loving is not about saying, but doing 'I LOVE YOU'. Anna, 19/01/07 Whisk yourself back three-quarters of a century to the Paris of the Orient. In the softly-coloured lantern-lit surroundings of Shanghai 30s, treat yourself and another person of your choice to the classic and contemporary cuisine of Shanghai and its surrounding districts. To enter, write us a poem telling us why the person you would take deserves all this. Perhaps you would like to write about why it’s appropriate coming from you (given your behaviour all year)... Or what you hope to gain from your poem-writing prowess... Or perhaps a simple declaration of passion (“I love to watch her chew a noodle; it makes her look just like a poodle...” etc). The possibilities are endless. If you feel alienated by all this soppiness, however, don’t despair - you can enter our Anti-Valentine’s Day poetry competition to win a meal for six at the Big Bang - just click here. The dinner, which includes roses, cards, an optional photoshoot (all free) and £25 to spend on wine, is offered on February 14th only. You can read the Valentine’s Day menu here. Competition closes at noon on Thursday 8th February. Daily Info Staff, 18/01/07 |
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