Officially, Valentine’s Day is over, but you can (and should!) still celebrate your love and relationship each day with your valentine in some way. Today we are going to share some ways to express your love and admiration through words.
Giving a poem to your loved one is a wonderful way to share your thoughts and sentiments any day of the year. However, some of us are not so crafty with the words, but do not fear, you can always borrow from someone else. Just think of it like this…you know when you are looking for a greeting card to give or send and you find the perfect card with the perfect words? A borrowed poem can serve the exact same purpose.
Here are a few classic love poems to get your started.
Sonnet XVII by Pablo Neruda
I don’t love you as if you were the salt-rose, topaz
or arrow of carnations that propagate fire:
I love you as certain dark things are loved,
secretly, between the shadow and the soul.
I love you as the plant that doesn’t bloom and carries
hidden within itself the light of those flowers,
and thanks to your love, darkly in my body
lives the dense fragrance that rises from the earth.
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,
I love you simply, without problems or pride:
I love you in this way because I don’t know any other way of loving
but this, in which there is no I or you,
so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand,
so intimate that when I fall asleep it is your eyes that close.
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To My Dear Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet
If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were loved by wife, then thee;
If ever wife was happy in a man,
Compare with me, ye woman, if you can.
I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold
Or all the riches that the East doth hold.
My love is such that rivers cannot quench,
Nor ought but love from thee, give recompense.
Thy love is such I can no way repay,
the heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.
The while we live, in love let’s so persevere,
That when we live no more, we may live ever.
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How Do I Love Thee? by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday’s
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints,–I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life!–and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
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Those are just a few classics to get you started and inspire your search for the perfect love poem for your sweetheart. If you are looking for more options or a way to make reading and sharing love poems more of a routine for you and your loved one, try one of these books.
Love Poems
Sheila Kohler, Peter Washington
Love Poems
Nikki Giovanni
100 Love Sonnets
Pablo Neruda
Passionate Hearts: The Poetry of Sexual Love
Wendy Maltz
These are some poems and places to find poems to get you started on your romantic poetry adventure. Leave a poem in your loved one’s lunch, write it on a cute piece of stationary and leave it on their pillow, or read a poem to each other before bed every night. Be creative, have fun, and most importantly, find a way to express your loving feelings with your valentine, any day of the year!
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