poetry-magazineOde to the Bread RollBy Rigoberto GonzálezAy, goldo, goldito, goldowith those sunbathed baby cheeks,I want to gobble you up in kisses.Please go…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveHeartache & LossActivitiesEating & Drinking
poetry-magazineOda al BolilloBy Rigoberto González Ay, goldo, goldito, goldo con esos cachetitos asoleados, te quiero engullir a besos. Anda sigue, coquet…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveHeartache & LossActivitiesEating & Drinking
poetry-magazineMontana Love SequenceBy Shann Rayi . sorrow is the curved ribcage of a beautiful death, the elk’s arched bones visible in the morning… Related Audio LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveHeartache & LossNatureLandscapes & PastoralsReligionGod & the DivineGriefMelancholy & Despair + 2 more
poetry-magazineCardinal RedBy Rigoberto GonzálezIn love again, I welcome the familiarhigh, the dizzying state of detectingsigns around me that the world…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveDesire & PassionInfatuation & CrushesNatureAnimals
poetry-magazineDynamic Disks, 1933By Raymond AntrobusMy phone memory is full of canvases I have cried in front of— circles, holes— Shadows on water. ___… Related Audio LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveHeartache & LossRelationshipsArts & SciencesPainting & SculptureGrief
poetry-magazineHey, It’s Me, the Wind-Rider, the Red DustBy Kandace Siobhan Walkerthat makes the city look like revelation because I love you. Just wanted to check in and see how you…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveDesire & PassionHeartache & Loss
poetry-magazineWhen UntouchedBy Lauren RussellHammock dumpingyou onto bruisedgrasses, frayedthoughts droopsideways, hammeringmorning. Slipper-footed… Related Audio LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveLivingSorrow & GrievingThe MindSolitudeAnxiety & Insecurity
poetry-magazineTruckingBy Sasha PearlI’m in ShartlesvilleEating air-chilled wings in the sleeper cabI took the contract because the devil… Related Audio LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveHeartache & LossSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityRelationshipsActivitiesTravels & Journeys
ArcsBy Magda PortalToday everythingin this smoky loveseems false to mefrom the two glazed pools of your eyes where…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveHeartache & Loss
If Love Be StaunchBy Countee CullenIf love be staunch, call mountains brittle;Love is a thing will liveSo long, my dear,––oh, just the …LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveHeartache & Loss
A Fairly Sad TaleBy Dorothy ParkerI think that I shall never knowWhy I am thus, and I am so.Around me, other girls inspireIn men the rush…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveMelancholy & Despair
Notes on DevotionBy Caroline Harper NewA man by the name of Skinner becomes famousfor keeping caged pigeons, whom his clock feeds or…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveRealistic & ComplicatedMelancholy & Despair
poetry-magazineLetter to Us, YoungerBy Jesse HolthReady to fly, my heart has been unbuckling for a long time, waiting. When you finally arrive, we are…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveFirst LoveInfatuation & Crushes
Guilt or Dread What An Amazing Instrument You AreBy Karen Houle Pulling the foreign body off me— out of the dress up over my arms through the neckhole— he says, You…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveClassic LoveRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesMen & Women
Dirty ValentineBy Richard SikenThere are so many things I’m not allowed to tell you. I touch myself, I dream.Wearing your clothes…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveHeartache & Loss
1 ["Deathless Aphrodite of the spangled mind"]By SapphoDeathless Aphrodite of the spangled mind,child of Zeus, who twists lures, I beg youdo not break with…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveHeartache & LossUnrequited LoveMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman Mythology
poetry-magazineWulf ond EadwacerBy Unknown Lēodum is mīnum swylce him mon lāc gife; willað hȳ hine āþecgan gif hē on þrēat cymeð. Ungelīc is ū…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveUnrequited LoveMythology & FolkloreFairy-tales & LegendsTechniquesAlliteration
I’m a Fool to Love YouBy Cornelius EadySome folks will tell you the blues is a woman,Some type of supernatural creature.My mother would tell…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveRealistic & ComplicatedSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityRace & EthnicityLivingMarriage & CompanionshipRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMen & WomenArts & SciencesMusicMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphor + 11 more
[I like to think that when lovers say…]By Tilsa OttaI like to think that when lovers say they’ll love foreverThat really their love does last foreverAnd…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed Love
poetry-magazineForsaken ElegiesBy Cheryl Clarkei. brotherYour gift was you could name any randomrecording (and its personnel) on any random radio station…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveHeartache & LossRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors