Words to My LoveBy Countee CullenWhat if you comeAgain and swellThe throat of someMute bird;How shall I tell?How shall I knowThat it …LoveRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic LoveLivingLife ChoicesThe MindDoubt & Contemplation
The Love TreeBy Countee CullenCome, let us plant our love as farmers plant A seed, and you shall water it with tears, And I shall …LoveRomantic Love
The Rabbi’s Red InkBy Shereen AkhtarIn our first house-let in London, she drew on the tablecloth to createa calligraphic feast. Our friends…LoveDesire & PassionRomantic LoveReligionJudaismRelationshipsActivitiesTravels & Journeys
poetry-magazineMarchBy Jessica JiangTiffany,I’ve gotten used to sunlight with you,but no pressure! Just—spring doesn’t hurt as much anymore… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionRomantic Love
poetry-magazineso coffee is a laxative & i am writing this poem on the toiletBy Vanessa Deeringin the building two women’s restroom & in the strangest placesi want to tell you the most mundane things… Related Audio LoveRomantic Love
poetry-magazineThe Time Traveler Finally Falls in LoveBy T.S. Leonardand it ends, of course, in fabulous heartbreak, like anything—it’s not an if, but when—so the trick … Related Audio LoveHeartache & LossRomantic Love
poetry-magazineHe Was ChaoticBy Fatimah AsgharMy teacher says of their cat, now gone missing. In his absence, everything is still. The small, silvered… Related Audio LoveRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic Love
poetry-magazineEileenBy Olive Franklin Loved you since I was little, on the playground break-time -brawled with you and your mismatched cuffs… Related Audio LoveFirst LoveInfatuation & CrushesRomantic LoveRelationshipsLGBTQ+
poetry-magazineFrom “carrying songs from the sky to crease the ground”By Janice Lobo Sapigao 1. i wish i could tell you why i go back and forth between cities. maybe i belong to the bridges &… Related Audio LoveInfatuation & CrushesRomantic Love
poetry-magazineTranscendental Love SongBy Darrel Alejandro HolnesThis love dares not speak its name in some states until your eyes say it on a beach in Ft. Lauderdale… Related Audio LoveRomantic LoveSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityHistory & PoliticsRelationshipsLGBTQ+
poetry-magazineTransgender opera for perpetual metamorphosisBy heidi andrea restrepo rhodesI: My beloved is called an inconceivable beast, a spectacle diagnosed with teratoid genitalia, a chaos… Related Audio LoveRomantic LoveSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityHistory & PoliticsRelationshipsLGBTQ+
31 ["He seems to me equal to gods"]By SapphoHe seems to me equal to gods that manwhoever he is who opposite yousits and listens close to your …LoveDesire & PassionInfatuation & CrushesRomantic Love
Love Poem with Apologies for My AppearanceBy Ada LimónSometimes, I think you get the worstof me. The much-loved loose forest-greensweatpants, the long bra…LoveRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic Love
The Circus Animals’ DesertionBy William Butler YeatsI I sought a theme and sought for it in vain, I sought it daily for six weeks or so. Maybe at last …LoveRomantic LoveLivingGrowing OldThe Body
poetry-magazineLogos as Alchemical Marriage and Each Other in the DanceBy Li-Young LeeWrist,neck,shoulder,waist,you turn.And I turn with you.Glance,grasp,blush,breath,you turn.And I turn… Related Audio LoveClassic LoveRomantic Love
poetry-magazineLacaoBy Rosabetty MuñozHere we converge toward the only star.Let’s fall in, love of mine,let’s drop our oarsdown to where night… Related Audio LoveRomantic Love
poetry-magazineLacaoBy Rosabetty MuñozAquí confluimos hacia la única estrella.Volquémonos amado mío,dejemos caer los remoshasta donde la noche… Related Audio LoveRomantic Love
At Final Destination, 11:06 pmBy Julian GewirtzMy new country says drinks are cheap and I know what he wants.Bartender folds her forefinger nine ninety…LoveClassic LoveRomantic Love
Breakers ["And then, rained down"]By Raúl ZuritaAnd then rained down from ferocious cloudsour empty pupils heard the suspended breakersbeat while down…LoveDesire & PassionRomantic LoveNatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsTechniquesImagerySimilePassion + 2 more
Calling Things What They AreBy Ada LimónI pass the feeder and yell, Grackle party! And then an hour later I yell, Mourning dove afterparty! …LoveHeartache & LossRomantic LoveNatureAnimalsLivingComing of AgeMidlifeThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityRelationshipsMen & WomenMetersFree VerseTechniquesConfessionalImageryMetaphorSimileTypes/ModesProse PoemJoy & Contentment + 16 more