Love Poems

. Love Nibbles and Bites He saw she was sad; deep inside, he was glad. He smiled, quite mild, and...

. It Was Only a Winter’s Tale based on David Essex's classic 1982 Christmas song The nights are ever short...

. . Music by Jeff Eardley . . The Return to Ithaca by Brian Yapko This shall not be forever,...

. Remembrance I When I, a boy whom youth made bold, Had bid my land of birth one last adieu,...

. Hero, Leander and Marlowe Setting: Christopher Marlowe’s flat in London. Date: May 29, 1593. At last I see the...

. . Love Songs for Malcolm . I. Quickly you approach, King Malcolm, Firm and steady is your tread, Predetermined...

. What Do You Do When You No Longer Drink What do you do when you no longer drink, no...

. The Navy by Paul Fort (1872-1960) translated by Joshua C. Frank We find them all again in brief In...

. The Stream of Love Like swollen streams in Spring, young love will roarThrough every obstacle that checks its flow,Though...

. Paths —Inspired by “Is Mod Se Jaate Hain” (see below) by Gulzar from the film: Aandhi, 1975 Sheer multitudes...

. Icarus Sings I’ve tempted fate, And sought the sun, I’m Icarus, I’ve come undone. My wings have failed, For...

. The Great Sonnet I set myself to write a sonnet. I labored hard and long upon it. Sweet verse...

. Mrs. Cyclops Ain’t really gonna leave. I’ll just pretend, Brontesa. Cy and I are bound. I simply Can’t bear...

. Ode to the Strings of My Guitar I How still you sleep, oh strings of my guitar, As if...

. The Thief He stole my song, my music;He stole my poetry.He broke my holy vesselsAnd felled my sacred tree.He...

. Meditation on the Myth of Sisyphus Like Sisyphus, whose fate it is to bear A boulder on his back,...

. Younger Selves I have you leaning up against my side, Our boys and girls around us on the couch....

. The Pilgrimage The lover takes leave of his mistress's mouth And starts on his pilgrimage, travelling south. Each stop...

. Gordon’s Soup One day old Arthur Vincent Knowling, Quit the couch to take up bowling, Grasped the fact at...

. I Have Loved You All Along for Linda I have loved you all along; No matter what was error,...

. Ghost in This House "I don’t mind staying in, there’s another ghost here. He sits down in your chair,...

. Mighty Oak Spread thy boughs, oh mighty oak, __Let fall thy wine-red leaves, Which, when the rains around thee...

. Two Kites Ascending a Spenserian sonnet Two kites ascending, carried on the wind, Each in its way, a most...

. The Number 53: To His Coy Transport Had we but world enough and time, My coy and tardy 53,...

. Back to Sleep In very early years, now far behind, When I returned to earth at midnight deep From...

. Sonnet I Our arms are leaves stretched out; our thoughts can bloom The grandest only when we crowd out...

. Melodious Curlew Melodious curlew mottled brown and bister, No longer raise your crescent-shapen beak Towards the waning moon, to...

. Via Appia Beneath the pines of Rome, the wrinkled sibyl will croak your future for eleven cents, and with...

. Better with Love I thought I was a pleasant sort __When we first met. Not perfect but near sweet...

. Don't Mess with Texas Gals On My Late Life Wife . Don't mess with my hot Texan. She's Texas...

. Emptiness I search for you in every face I see. True love should last forever and a day: Its...

. The 10 Best Love Poems of 2022 If you are more of an academic poetry lover who stills enjoy...

. Quattrocento On the Fresco “Madonna del Parto” by Piero della Francesca, Monterchi, Italy, circa 1460 We file into a...

. Abyss  In deepest, darkest depths of my despair I find myself without a saving grace. A pendulum of pain...

. Poems from 'The Still Beloved' ('La Amada Inmóvil') by Amado Nervo (1870-1919) translated from the Spanish by Alan Steinle...

. A Requiem for Suzi She fed the birds, she knew them all by name; She cried to see a...

. Just Words The more we are together dear, __I fear… can love suffice? Of late I find you’re cavalier...

. Acceptance Relationships are courses in which You should not enroll, If changing other people is your Pre-existing goal. ....

. Walking Near the Waves When, walking near the waves, with eyes downcast, I look at my reflection from the...

f Jägermeister "Like arrows in the hands of a warrior __are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man...