{"id":13944,"date":"2025-05-25T16:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T16:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latrespace.com\/estar-enamorado-poemas-que-capturan-su-esencia\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T16:13:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T16:13:14","slug":"estar-enamorado-poemas-que-capturan-su-esencia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latrespace.com\/es\/estar-enamorado-poemas-que-capturan-su-esencia\/","title":{"rendered":"Estar Enamorado: Poemas que Capturan Su Esencia"},"content":{"rendered":"

El viaje del amor es un vasto paisaje en la poes\u00eda, a menudo narrado desde la primera chispa de atracci\u00f3n hasta el dolor de la separaci\u00f3n o la tranquila comodidad de una compa\u00f1\u00eda a largo plazo. Sin embargo, existe un terreno espec\u00edfico y luminoso dentro de este paisaje: el estado de estar<\/em> enamorado. Es la sensaci\u00f3n de un mundo transformado, la forma \u00fanica en que la presencia de otra persona reconfigura la realidad, el profundo sentido de conexi\u00f3n que se asienta en la vida cotidiana. La poes\u00eda nos ofrece ventanas a esta experiencia, articulando la inefable alegr\u00eda, la paz, el asombro y, a veces, incluso la deliciosa desorientaci\u00f3n que acompa\u00f1a el compartir la vida profundamente con otro.<\/p>\n

A diferencia de los poemas sobre enamorarse (el impulso inicial) o el amor perdido (el dolor de la ausencia), los poemas sobre estar enamorado capturan la realidad continua: el espacio compartido, los pensamientos entrelazados, la simple comodidad de la presencia, el profundo entendimiento que se construye con el tiempo. Estos son los poemas que resuenan cuando el amor no es una b\u00fasqueda o un recuerdo, sino el aire que respiras. Esta exploraci\u00f3n se adentra en poemas que iluminan bellamente el estado de estar<\/em> enamorado, revelando su naturaleza multifac\u00e9tica a trav\u00e9s de diversas voces y estilos.<\/p>\n

El Consuelo y Refugio del Espacio Compartido<\/h2>\n

Uno de los aspectos m\u00e1s profundos de estar enamorado es la sensaci\u00f3n de encontrar un refugio, un lugar de seguridad y comodidad en presencia de la otra persona. Las complejidades y desaf\u00edos de la vida parecen menos abrumadores cuando se comparten.<\/p>\n

Maya Angelou, una voz c\u00e9lebre en las letras americanas, captura esto bellamente en “Come, And Be My Baby” (Ven, Y S\u00e9 Mi Beb\u00e9). En medio del caos de la vida moderna, el poema encuentra consuelo en la simple invitaci\u00f3n a la conexi\u00f3n:<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s nothing quite so moving as beautiful love poems. Luckily for us romantics, they\u2019ve been in abundant supply throughout history! From Rumi in the Islamic Golden Age, to iconic playwright William Shakespeare, to modern-day \u201cInstapoets\u201d like Rupi Kaur, love has been one of the most-explored themes among writers and poets for centuries.<\/p>\n

In this post, we\u2019ve put together the 65 most beautiful love poems ever written. Whether you\u2019re looking for something to share with your partner, seeking solace after a breakup, or craving inspiration for how to write your own passionate prose, there\u2019s bound to be a poem on this list which speaks to your heart.<\/p>\n

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1. \u201cCome, And Be My Baby\u201d by Maya Angelou<\/h2>\n

\"RetratoRetrato de la poeta y activista por los derechos civiles Maya Angelou<\/em><\/p>\n

Maya Angelou was one of America\u2019s most acclaimed poets and storytellers, as well as a celebrated educator and civil rights activist. In \u2018Come, And Be My Baby\u2019, Angelou beautifully captures how overwhelming modern life can be and the comfort that love can provide during times of hardship \u2014 even if only for a moment.<\/p>\n

2. “Bird-Understander” by Craig Arnold<\/h2>\n
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These are your own words<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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your way of noticing<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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and saying plainly<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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of not turning away<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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from hurt<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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you have offered them<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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to me I am only<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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giving them back<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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if only I could show you<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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how very useless<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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they are not<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The raw honesty of Craig Arnold\u2019s poetry makes \u2018Bird-Understander\u2019 an easy pick for our list of the most beautiful love poems. In this piece, Arnold recounts a moment with his partner that makes his love grow even stronger. The language is simple yet evocative, putting a strong metaphor in the reader\u2019s mind and facilitating a deeper understanding of Arnold\u2019s feelings.<\/p>\n

3. “Habitation” by Margaret Atwood<\/h2>\n
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at the back where we squat<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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outside, eating popcorn<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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the edge of the receding glacier<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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where painfully and with wonder<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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at having survived even<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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this far<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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we are learning to make fire<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Best known for her alarmingly realistic dystopian novel<\/a> The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em>, Margaret Atwood demonstrates similar strengths in this poem: \u2018Habitation\u2019 is strikingly real. For context, Atwood here admits to the challenges of marriage and acknowledges the work needed to overcome them. It is this candor which makes the poem so beautiful.<\/p>\n

4. “Variations on the Word Love” by Margaret Atwood<\/h2>\n

\"LaLa autora Margaret Atwood<\/em><\/p>\n

One of the most fascinating things about love is that it can come in so many different forms \u2014 platonic, passionate, or even patronizing. Margaret Atwood unflinchingly lays out some of these in her poem \u2018Variations on the Word Love\u2019.<\/p>\n

5. “The More Loving One” by W.H. Auden<\/h2>\n
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Were all stars to disappear or die,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I should learn to look at an empty sky<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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And feel its total dark sublime,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Though this might take me a little time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Whilst poems about heartbreak might not be as uplifting as those about the joys of love, they can be equally as beautiful and meaningful. The celestial extended metaphor of W.H. Auden\u2019s \u2018The More Loving One\u2019 demonstrates this \u2014 though ultimately he would rather be \u2018the more loving one\u2019 himself, Auden perfectly encapsulates the pain of loss when love ends.<\/p>\n

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6. “To My Dear and Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet<\/h2>\n
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Thy love is such I can no way repay;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Then while we live, in love let\u2019s so persever,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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That when we live no more, we may live ever.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Anne Bradstreet\u2019s Puritan belief that marriage is a gift from God comes across strongly in \u2018To My Dear and Loving Husband.\u2019 Reading it through a modern lens, it\u2019s easy to start the poem feeling a little skeptical; however, Bradstreet\u2019s genuine gratitude and dedication to her husband soon manifests to make it a deeply moving assertion of true love.<\/p>\n

7. “Always For The First Time” by Andr\u00e9 Breton<\/h2>\n
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There is a silk ladder unrolled across the ivy<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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There is<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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That leaning over the precipice<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Of the hopeless fusion of your presence and absence<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I have found the secret<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Of loving you<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Always for the first time<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2018Always For The First Time\u2019 is Andr\u00e9 Breton\u2019s ode to a woman he has not met, but is willing to wait every day for. Breton was the French founder of the surrealist movement, which aimed to blur the lines between dreams and reality in art \u2014 explaining the rather whimsical nature of this beautiful love poem.<\/p>\n

8. “Love and Friendship” by Emily Bront\u00eb<\/h2>\n

\"ManosManos diversas sosteniendo una colecci\u00f3n de poemas de amor, simbolizando la conexi\u00f3n<\/em><\/p>\n

Love doesn\u2019t have to be confined to romance \u2014 love between friends can be just as strong and beautiful. In \u2018Love and Friendship\u2019, Emily Bront\u00eb compares romantic love to a rose \u2014 stunning but short-lived \u2014 and friendship to a holly tree which can endure all seasons.<\/p>\n

9. “To Be In Love” by Gwendolyn Brooks<\/h2>\n

Next on our list of the most beautiful poems about love is \u2018To Be in Love\u2019 by Gwendolyn Brooks. Brooks was a poet, author, and teacher \u2014 and perhaps most notably, in 1950, was also the first African-American writer to receive a Pulitzer Prize. In this powerful poem, Brooks conveys the intense emotions which come with falling in love and how it can change your entire outlook on life.<\/p>\n

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To be in love<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Is to touch with a lighter hand.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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In yourself you stretch, you are well.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

10. “How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning<\/h2>\n
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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I love thee to the depth and breadth and height<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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For the ends of being and ideal grace.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Elizabeth Barrett Browning was a renowned Victorian poet who influenced the work of many later English-language poets, including Emily Dickinson. \u2018How Do I Love Thee?\u2019 is one of Browning\u2019s most recognizable poems, and indeed one of the most famous love poems ever written \u2014 its ardent yet clear declaration of love has resonated with readers for over 150 years.<\/p>\n

11. “A Red, Red Rose” by Robert Burns<\/h2>\n

\"RetratoRetrato del poeta escoc\u00e9s Robert Burns<\/em><\/p>\n

Similar to Browning, Robert Burns\u2019 profound love is evident in his poem \u2018A Red, Red Rose\u2019. Burns declares this love to be both passionate and refreshing \u2014 with each comparison, we see that even the loveliest language pales next to the depth of Burns\u2019 \u2018Luve\u2019.<\/p>\n

12. “She Walks in Beauty” by Lord Byron<\/h2>\n
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She walks in beauty, like the night<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Of cloudless climes and starry skies;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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And all that\u2019s best of dark and bright<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Meet in her aspect and her eyes;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Thus mellowed to that tender light<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Which heaven to gaudy day denies.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Though its author was known for a life of adventure and scandal, Lord Byron\u2019s poem \u2018She Walks in Beauty\u2019 refers notably less to passionate or sexual love compared to his other works. That said, his astonishment at this woman\u2019s beauty comes across instantly, making this a beautifully romantic poem.<\/p>\n

13. “Love is a fire that burns unseen” by Lu\u00eds Vaz de Cam\u00f5es<\/h2>\n
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Love is a fire that burns unseen,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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a wound that aches yet isn\u2019t felt,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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an always discontent contentment,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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a pain that rages without hurting,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

One of Portugal\u2019s greatest poets, Lu\u00eds Vaz de Cam\u00f5es is known for his lyrical poetry and dramatic epics. \u2018Love is a fire that burns unseen\u2019 is an example of the former, reflecting his numerous turbulent love affairs and how each brought a complex fusion of pleasure and pain.<\/p>\n

14. “Beautiful Signor” by Cyrus Cassells<\/h2>\n
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This is the endless wanderlust:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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dervish,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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yours is the April-upon-April love<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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that kept me spinning even beyond your eventful arms<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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toward the unsurpassed:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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the one vast claiming heart,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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the glimmering,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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the beautiful and revealed Signor.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2018Beautiful Signor\u2019 is an entry from Cyrus Cassells\u2019 poetry collection of the same name, which he dedicated to \u2018Lovers everywhere\u2019. Culturally set against the backdrop of the AIDS epidemic, the collection aims to remind people of the potent beauty of romantic love.<\/p>\n

15. “Rondel of Merciless Beauty” by Geoffrey Chaucer<\/h2>\n
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Upon my word, I tell you faithfully<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Through life and after death you are my queen;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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For with my death the whole truth shall be seen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Your two great eyes will slay me suddenly;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Their beauty shakes me who was once serene;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Straight through my heart the wound is quick and keen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Widely regarded as the \u2018Father of English poetry\u2019, Geoffrey Chaucer wrote some of the most renowned works of the English language, including \u2018The Canterbury Tales\u2019 and \u2018The Book of the Duchess\u2019. The standalone poem \u2018Rondel of Merciless Beauty\u2019 (here translated from Middle English) recounts Chaucer\u2019s heartbreak after being left by the love of his life, pledging his everlasting devotion to her even though it pains him.<\/p>\n

16. “Love Comes Quietly” by Robert Creeley<\/h2>\n

Robert Creeley\u2019s short but striking love poem aptly summarizes the feeling of never wanting to be apart from the person you love, almost making you forget what life was like before you met them.<\/p>\n

17. “[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]” by E. E. Cummings<\/h2>\n
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i carry your heart with me(i carry it in<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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my heart)i am never without it(anywhere<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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by only me is your doing,my darling)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As one of America\u2019s most prolific twentieth century poets, E.E. Cummings needs no introduction. Many of his poems centered around love and \u2018[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]\u2019 is perhaps the best-known of them all. The rich imagery and intimate infatuation earns it a prominent spot on our list of the most beautiful love poems ever written.<\/p>\n

18. “[love is more thicker than forget]” by E.E. Cummings<\/h2>\n
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love is more thicker than forget<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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more thinner than recall<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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more seldom than a wave is wet<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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more frequent than to fail<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Another brilliant example of Cummings\u2019 love poetry is [love is more thicker than forget]. This poem explores the complexity of love, expressing that it cannot simply be defined as one thing or another \u2014 and indeed, painting love as a paradox of rarity and frequency, modesty and profundity, sanity and madness, and much more.<\/p>\n

19. “Sthandwa sami (my beloved, isiZulu)” by Yrsa Daley-Ward<\/h2>\n
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my thoughts about you are frightening but precise<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I can see the house on the hill where we make our own vegetables out back<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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and drink warm wine out of jam jars<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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and sing songs in the kitchen until the sun comes up<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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wena you make me feel like myself again.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Yrsa Daley-Ward\u2019s \u2018Sthandwa sami (my beloved, isiZulu)\u2019 is one of the most personal and revealing accounts of love on this list. The poem comes from her collection bone,<\/em> which tackles some of the deepest aspects of humanity, including religion, desire, womanhood, race, and vulnerability.<\/p>\n

20. “Married Love” by Guan Daosheng<\/h2>\n
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You and I<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Have so much love,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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That it<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Burns like a fire,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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In which we bake a lump of clay<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Molded into a figure of you<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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And a figure of me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Guan Daosheng was a Chinese painter and poet of the early Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). \u2018Married Love\u2019 uses the image of clay figurines to represent two lovers being united as one through the sacred act of marriage, just as clay solidifies in a kiln.<\/p>\n

21. “Heart, we will forget him!” by Emily Dickinson<\/h2>\n
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Heart, we will forget him!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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You and I, to-night!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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You may forget the warmth he gave,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I will forget the light.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2018Heart, we will forget him!\u2019 aligns with the forceful nature of so many Emily Dickinson poems. It is a powerful reflection of the fallout after a passionate love affair and how she tried to move on, going so far as to command<\/em> her heart to do so, even knowing it\u2019s futile.<\/p>\n

22. “Air and Angels” by John Donne<\/h2>\n

\"RetratoRetrato del poeta ingl\u00e9s John Donne<\/em><\/p>\n

John Donne\u2019s work is known for tackling faith and salvation, as well as both human and divine love. In \u2018Angels and Air\u2019, Donne compares his love to the movement of angels \u2014 pure and elegant. His conclusion that two lovers can come together and grow stronger adds another layer to this already quite romantic poem.<\/p>\n

23. “Flirtation” by Rita Dove<\/h2>\n
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Outside the sun<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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has rolled up her rugs<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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and night strewn salt<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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across the sky. My heart<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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is humming a tune<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I haven\u2019t heard in years!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The sparkling flirtation at the start of a new relationship is surely one of the most exciting parts of love. \u2018Flirtation\u2019 by Rita Dove eloquently captures this joy and anticipation, and is one of the most relatable poems about this aspect of love.<\/p>\n

24. “Heart to Heart” by Rita Dove<\/h2>\n
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It\u2019s neither red<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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nor sweet.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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It doesn\u2019t melt<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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or turn over,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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break or harden,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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so it can\u2019t feel<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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pain,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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yearning,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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regret.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In \u2018Heart to Heart\u2019, Rita Dove rejects the typical clich\u00e9s that come with falling in love. With her down-to-earth approach to the topic, she assures the intended reader that although she may struggle to show her love, that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not there.<\/p>\n

25. “Love” by Carol Ann Duffy<\/h2>\n
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you\u2019re where I stand, hearing the sea, crazy<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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for the shore, seeing the moon ache and fret<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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for the earth. When morning comes, the sun, ardent,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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covers the trees in gold, you walk<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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towards me,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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out of the season, out of the light love reasons.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In 2009, Carol Ann Duffy made history when she was appointed the first female and openly lesbian British poet laureate. \u2018Love\u2019 is a perfect example of the monologue-style poems she is known for, fitting in with her usual sensory and emotional style of writing; here, she describes love as beautifully boundless, like the light of the sun or the crashing sound of waves.<\/p>\n

26. “The Love Poem” by Carol Ann Duffy<\/h2>\n

\"LaLa anterior Poeta Laureada del Reino Unido Carol Ann Duffy<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018The Love Poem\u2019 takes a different tack, depicting Duffy\u2019s struggle to find the right words to describe her love. It comes from her 2005 collection Rapture,<\/em> which charts the speaker\u2019s journey through a love affair; at this stage, Duffy gets metafictional about love poetry, striving to explain the challenges of writing it (and invoking several other famous poems along the way).<\/p>\n

27. “Before You Came” by Faiz Ahmed Faiz<\/h2>\n
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Don\u2019t leave now that you\u2019re here\u2014<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Stay. So the world may become like itself again:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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so the sky may by the sky,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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the road a road,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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and the glass of wine not a mirror, just a glass of wine.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Faiz Ahmed Faiz wrote of love, politics, and community throughout his tumultuous life, and has been especially acknowledged for his contributions to traditional Urdu poetry. In \u2018Before You Came\u2019, Faiz writes about how his perspective on life changed after falling in love and how he never wants to be without his lover, who helps him see things as they truly are.<\/p>\n

28. “Lines Depicting Simple Happiness” by Peter Gizzi<\/h2>\n
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It feels right to notice all the shiny things about you<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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About you there is nothing I wouldn\u2019t want to know<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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With you nothing is simple yet nothing is simpler<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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About you many good things come into relation<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The beauty in Peter Gizzi\u2019s poetry stems from its simplicity. In \u2018Lines Depicting Simple Happiness\u2019, Gizzi\u2019s adoration for his love is clear \u2014 however, he avoids overused clich\u00e9s, meaning the poem is both more personal and less mawkish than other modern love poems.<\/p>\n

29. “Six Sonnets: Crossing the West” by Janice Gould<\/h2>\n
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In that communion of lovers, thick sobs<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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break from me as I think of my love<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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back home, all that I have done<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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and cannot say. This is the first time<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I have left her so completely, so alone.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Janice Gould\u2019s work homes in on themes of love and connection, with strong links to her identity as a Maidu lesbian. In \u2018Six Sonnets: Crossing the West\u2019, Gould equates her lover to a dream, never running short on ethereal ways to describe her… and mourning when she slips away, even temporarily.<\/p>\n

30. “For Keeps” by Joy Harjo<\/h2>\n

\"LaLa poeta Joy Harjo<\/em><\/p>\n

Contrasting love with the beauty of nature helps to create an unbreakable bond between the two. This comparison helps illustrate Joy Harjo\u2019s feelings for her lover in her marvelous poem, \u2018For Keeps\u2019.<\/p>\n

31. “You Are the Penultimate Love of My Life” by Rebecca Hazelton<\/h2>\n
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The garden you plant and I plant<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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is tunneled through by voles,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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the vowels<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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we speak aren\u2019t vows,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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but there\u2019s something<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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holding me here, for now,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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like your eyes, which I suppose<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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are brown, after all.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2018You Are the Penultimate Love of My Life\u2019 is an unorthodox love poem, focusing on the realities rather than the fantasies<\/em> of being in love. Rebecca Hazelton isn\u2019t writing about her soulmate, and she\u2019s aware of that \u2014 but that doesn\u2019t make the love they share any less special.<\/p>\n

32. “Yours” by Daniel Hoffman<\/h2>\n
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I am yours as the summer air at evening is<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Possessed by the scent of linden blossoms,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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As the snowcap gleams with light<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Lent it by the brimming moon.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Without you I\u2019d be an unleaded tree<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Blasted in a bleakness with no Spring.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Daniel Hoffman\u2019s carefully chosen metaphors make \u2018Yours\u2019 a truly beautiful love poem. Hoffman\u2019s complete dedication to his lover is obvious \u2014 in comparing her to everything from summer evenings to snow-capped mountains, it seems he cannot stop thinking about her throughout the changing seasons.<\/p>\n

33. “A Love Song for Lucinda” by Langston Hughes<\/h2>\n
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Love<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Is a high mountain<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Stark in a windy sky.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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If you<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Would never lose your breath<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Do not climb too high.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Each stanza of Langston Hughes\u2019 \u2018A Love Song for Lucinda\u2019 compares love to a specific feeling, all of which are linked to the natural world. This poem emphasizes the exhilaration of falling in love and the all-encompassing enchantment that comes with it.<\/p>\n

34. “Poem for My Love” by June Jordan<\/h2>\n

Political activist, poet, and essayist June Jordan is one of the most widely-published Jamaican American writers of her generation. In her \u2018Poem for My Love\u2019, the speaker is in absolute spiritual awe of her partner and the way she feels about their transcendent love.<\/p>\n

35. “for him” by Rupi Kaur<\/h2>\n
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no,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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it won\u2019t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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be love at<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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first sight when<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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we meet it\u2019ll be love<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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at first remembrance<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u2018cause i\u2019ve recognized you<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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in my mother\u2019s eyes when she tells me,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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marry the type of man you\u2019d want to raise your son to be like.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

At just 21 years old, Rupi Kaur wrote, illustrated, and self-published her first poetry collection, milk and honey.<\/em> She describes her poetry as \u2018simple and accessible\u2019<\/a> \u2014 which has allowed it to reach millions of readers worldwide, particularly through Instagram presence. \u2018for him\u2019 is a perfect example of a beautiful, powerful love poem which doesn\u2019t have to try too hard to pack a punch.<\/p>\n

36. Untitled by Rupi Kaur<\/h2>\n
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love will hurt you but<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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love will never mean to<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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love will play no games<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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cause love knows life<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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has been hard enough already<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Another entry from milk and honey,<\/em> this short, untitled poem takes a bittersweet and world weary, but ultimately generous look at love and its challenges.<\/p>\n

37. “Poem To An Unnameable Man” by Dorothea Lasky<\/h2>\n
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And I will not cry also<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Although you will expect me to<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I was wiser too than you had expected<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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For I knew all along you were mine<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Prolific poet Dorothea Lasky has written multiple collections and currently directs the poetry programme at Columbia University. In \u2018Poem To An Unnameable Man\u2019, she uses celestial imagery to explore a romantic relationship, describing her power and strength to the lover who underestimates her.<\/p>\n

38. “Movement Song” by Audre Lorde<\/h2>\n

\"AudreAudre Lorde<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018Movement Song\u2019 by Audre Lorde is about the end of a relationship. While the sorrow felt after the speaker\u2019s heart has been broken is clear, the poem ultimately ends with hope that the pair can both have a new beginning \u2014 albeit apart.<\/p>\n

39. “Camomile Tea” by Katherine Mansfield<\/h2>\n
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We might be fifty, we might be five,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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So snug, so compact, so wise are we!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Under the kitchen-table leg<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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My knee is pressing against his knee.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Our shutters are shut, the fire is low,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The tap is dripping peacefully;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The saucepan shadows on the wall<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Are black and round and plain to see.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Katherine Mansfield has been praised for her ability to simplify complex emotions through short stories and poetry. One of the more tranquil poems on this list, \u2018Camomile Tea\u2019 paints a picture of a couple who are calm and quiet and happy with the life they\u2019ve made for themselves, highlighting the underrated joy that peaceful familiarity and comfort bring in a relationship.<\/p>\n

40. “Love Elegy in the Chinese Garden, with Koi” by Nathan McClain<\/h2>\n
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Because who hasn\u2019t done that \u2014<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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loved so intently even after everything<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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has gone? Love something that has washed<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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its hands of you? I like to think I\u2019m different now,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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that I\u2019m enlightened somehow,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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but who am I kidding?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Nathan McClain\u2019s inspiration for \u2018Love Elegy in the Chinese Garden, with Koi\u2019 was a date to the Huntington Botanical Gardens. In the poem, McClain aimed to \u2018explore the sense of anxiety\u2019 <\/a>between two potential lovers, and the weighty emotional baggage that previous failed relationships can bestow upon you.<\/p>\n

41. “I think I should have loved you presently (Sonnet IX)” by Edna St. Vincent Millay<\/h2>\n
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I think I should have loved you presently,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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And given in earnest words I flung in jest;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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And lifted honest eyes for you to see,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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And caught your hand against my cheek and breast;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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And all my pretty follies flung aside<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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That won you to me, and beneath you gaze<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Edna St. Vincent Millay\u2019s \u2018I think I should have loved you presently\u2019 serves as a subversion of the traditional sonnet form. In the poem, the speaker laments their inability to reciprocate their lover\u2019s earnest affection, instead choosing sweet nothings and superficial flirtation over genuine connection.<\/p>\n

42. “Love Sonnet XI” by Pablo Neruda<\/h2>\n
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I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Silent and starving, I prowl through the streets.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Bread does not nourish me, dawn disrupts<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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me, all day<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I hunt for the liquid measure of your steps.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There is a strong sense of longing in Pablo Neruda\u2019s \u2018Love Sonnet XI\u2019, as our speaker confesses the thought of his love never leaves his mind, driving him to the point of distraction. Evocative and at times alarming, it’s a love poem which perfectly treads the blurred line between romance and obsession.<\/p>\n

43. “Your Feet” by Pablo Neruda<\/h2>\n

\"ElEl ganador del Premio Nobel Pablo Neruda<\/em><\/p>\n

In \u2018Your Feet\u2019, Neruda expresses a similar devotion to his love as he explains his love for her from head to toe, and gives thanks for the forces he feels brought them together inevitably.<\/p>\n

44. “Dear One Absent This Long While” by Lisa Olstein<\/h2>\n
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I expect you. I thought one night it was you<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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at the base of the drive, you at the foot of the stairs<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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you in a shiver of light, but each time<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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leaves in wind revealed themselves,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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the retreating shadow of a fox, daybreak.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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We expect you, cat and I, bluebirds and I, the stove.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The speaker in Lisa Olstein\u2019s \u2018Dear One Absent This Long While\u2019 is anxiously waiting for her loved one to return home. The nervous buzz of anticipation as the speaker waits to return to a life of comfort and mundanity, a puzzle from which their lover is the only missing piece, gives this love poem a beautiful raw honesty.<\/p>\n

45. “My Lover Is a Woman” by Pat Parker<\/h2>\n
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my lover is a woman<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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& when i hold her<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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feel her warmth<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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i feel good<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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feel safe<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Pat Parker was an American poet and activist who drew great inspiration from her life as an African-American lesbian feminist. \u2018My Lover Is a Woman\u2019 is about the struggles Parker faced as an openly queer woman of colour, and the safe harbour her lover represents in that storm.<\/p>\n

46. “It Is Here” by Harold Pinter<\/h2>\n
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What is this stance we take,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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To turn away and then turn back?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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What did we hear?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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It was the breath we took when we first met.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Listen. It is here.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Relationships have a funny way of transcending time and space, and that transcendence isexpressed in Harold Pinter\u2019s beautiful love poem \u2018It Is Here\u2019 as he asks his lover to think back to the beginning of their relationship, and in doing so brings the long-passed moment to life.<\/p>\n

47. “Untitled” by Christopher Poindexter<\/h2>\n
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I miss you even when you<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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are beside me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I dream of your body<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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even when you are sleeping<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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in my arms.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The words I love you<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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could never be enough.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Christopher Poindexter here presents a deeply honest and relatable portrait of a love that goes beyond the limits of language, as he describes the overwhelming and paradoxical longing it\u2019s possible to feel even when your lover is right by your side.<\/p>\n

48. \u201cLove Is Not A Word\u201d by Riyas Qurana<\/h2>\n
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Amidst all this<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I keep a falling flower in the mid-air<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Not to fall on the earth<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Is it not up to you who search for it<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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To come and sit on it<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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And make love?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Don\u2019t forget to bring the word<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Darling<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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When you come.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Written from the point of view of a personified love, \u201cLove Is Not A Word\u201d is a rather ambiguous poem. Riyas Qurana explores the notion of love as a whole and relates the concept to nature to emphasize how elemental it is to the human experience.<\/p>\n

49. “[Again and again, even though we know love\u2019s landscape]” by Rainer Maria Rilke<\/h2>\n
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Again and again, even though we know love\u2019s landscape<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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and the little churchyard with its lamenting names<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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and the terrible reticent gorge in which the others<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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end: again and again the two of us walk out together<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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under the ancient trees, lay ourselves down again and<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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again<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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among the flowers, and look up into the sky.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke believed that it was \u2018perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks\u2019 for one human to love another (Letters to a Young Poet, 1929). In \u2018[Again and again, even though we know love\u2019s landscape]\u2019, Rilke celebrates the continuous, everyday love that two people can share, and the strength that comes from making one vulnerable enough to love another, despite knowing the risk of heartbreak.<\/p>\n

50. “Echo” by Christina Rossetti<\/h2>\n

\"RetratoRetrato de la poeta victoriana Christina Rossetti<\/em><\/p>\n

In \u2018Echo\u2019, Christina Rossetti reflects on a lost love and how she wishes it would come back to her like an echo. Rossetti is in despair, longing for her ex-lover, and the resulting yearning creates an equally heartbreaking and beautiful love poem.<\/p>\n

51. “I loved you first: but afterwards your love” by Christina Rossetti<\/h2>\n
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I loved you first: but afterwards your love<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Outsoaring mine, sang such a loftier song<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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As drowned the friendly cooings of my dove.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Which owes the other most? my love was long,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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And yours one moment seemed to wax more strong<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Despite a concern with reciprocity (or a lack thereof) in these opening lines, a feeling of \u2018oneness\u2019 in fact runs throughout \u2018I loved you first: but afterwards your love\u2019, also by Rossetti. This poem reflects the feeling of complete understanding between two people who love each other deeply, as Rossetti explains how their individual feelings combine to create one love, a whole greater than the sum of its parts.<\/p>\n

52. “Defeated by Love” by Rumi<\/h2>\n
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The sky was lit<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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by the splendor of the moon<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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So powerful<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I fell to the ground<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Your love<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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has made me sure<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I am ready to forsake<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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this worldly life<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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and surrender<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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to the magnificence<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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of your Bering<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The words of 13th-century Persian poet Rumi have transcended national, ethnic, and religious divides for centuries. The passion and dedication in \u2018Defeated by Love\u2019 is apparent in each line, making this enduring testament to the power of love one of the most beautiful love poems on our list.<\/p>\n

53. “Shall I compare thee to a summer\u2019s day? (Sonnet 18)” by William Shakespeare<\/h2>\n

\"ElEl Bardo, William Shakespeare<\/em><\/p>\n

Although William Shakespeare may not have have written any romance novels, there are few more celebrated love poets and \u2018Shall I compare thee to a summer\u2019s day?\u2019 is perhaps the most iconic and recognizable opening line of any love poem. Its simplicity compared to some of Shakespeare\u2019s other sonnets makes it stand out against an incomparable library of work, but the hidden depths and layers of meaning in this densely packed mini-masterpiece have kept readers returning for centuries.<\/p>\n

54. “Let me not to the marriage of true minds (Sonnet 116)” by William Shakespeare<\/h2>\n
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Let me not to the marriage of true minds<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Admit impediments. Love is not love<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Which alters when it alteration finds,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Or bends with the remover to remove.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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O no! it is an ever-fixed mark<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In \u2018Sonnet 116\u2019, Shakespeare talks about the permanence of love \u2014 even if the people change as time goes on, the love between them will remain true and strong, or else it isn\u2019t love at all.<\/p>\n

55. “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” (Sonnet 130) by William Shakespeare<\/h2>\n
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I grant I never saw a goddess go;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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As any she belied with false compare.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In Shakespeare\u2019s final entry on our list, he challenges the traditional association of love with beauty. It doesn\u2019t matter what his lover looks like \u2014 to him she is the most rare and valuable thing in the world.<\/p>\n

56. “Love\u2019s Philosophy” by Percy Bysshe Shelley<\/h2>\n
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The fountains mingle with the river<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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And the rivers with the ocean,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The winds of heaven mix forever<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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With a sweet emotion;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Nothing in the world is single;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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All things by a law divine<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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In one spirit meet and mingle<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Why not I with thine?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2018Love\u2019s Philosophy\u2019, while a beautiful love poem, offers a much more logical take on romance than many of the other poems on our list. Percy Bysshe Shelley expresses to his lover that their love is as natural as a river meeting the ocean \u2014 but equally that all the beauties of nature are meaningless if he doesn\u2019t have her.<\/p>\n

57. “One Day I Wrote her Name (Sonnet 75)” by Edmund Spenser<\/h2>\n
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One day I wrote her name upon the strand,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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But came the waves and washed it away:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Again I wrote it with a second hand,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This beautiful love poem is part of Amoretti<\/em>, a sonnet cycle about Edmund Spenser\u2019s relationship with Elizabeth Boyle. Spenser explains in \u2018Sonnet 75\u2019 that \u2014 despite the seemingly portentous way his attempts to make a physical monument to his lover by writing her name in the sand is repeatedly foiled \u2014 his love for Boyle will never end, and he will do whatever it takes to make it last.<\/p>\n

58. “I Am Not Yours” by Sara Teasdale<\/h2>\n

\"SaraSara Teasdale<\/em><\/p>\n

A longing for genuine, passionate, all-encompassing love is the central theme of Sara Tesdale\u2019s \u2018I Am Not Yours\u2019. The speaker doesn\u2019t feel any sense of belonging in her current relationship, and wants to find a partner who makes her feel lost in their love.<\/p>\n

59. “Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson<\/h2>\n
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Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The firefly wakens; waken thou with me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Now drops the milk-white peacock like a ghost,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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And like a ghost she glimmers on to me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2018Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal\u2019 is a song from The Princess,<\/em> a longer, narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. It was inspired by the ghazal<\/em>, a Persian form of love poetry which focuses on unsustainable love, and is a classic masterclass in sensual description.<\/p>\n

60. “poem I wrote sitting across the table from you” by Kevin Varrone<\/h2>\n
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I would fold myself<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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into the hole in my pocket and disappear<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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into the pocket of myself, or at least my pants<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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but before I did<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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like some ancient star<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I\u2019d grab your hand<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Kevin Varrone confesses how close he feels to his lover in \u2018poem I wrote sitting across the table from you\u2019. Written in a moment of procrastination as he worked on a longer verse in a coffee shop, the poem expresses how Varrone wants his lover to partake on all of his adventures, no matter how big or small.<\/p>\n

61. “On Earth We\u2019re Briefly Gorgeous” by Ocean Vuong<\/h2>\n
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Tell me it was for the hunger<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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& nothing less. For hunger is to give<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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the body what it knows<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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it cannot keep. That this amber light<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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whittled down by another war<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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is all that pins my hand<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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to your chest.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

While you\u2019re probably familiar with Vuong\u2019s 2019 novel by the same name, you may not be familiar with the poem that came first. Ocean Vuong\u2019s writing invites the reader to slow down and understand every word, and \u2018On Earth We\u2019re Briefly Gorgeous\u2019 explores themes of desire, impermanence, and craving when in love.<\/p>\n

62. “Love After Love” by Derek Walcott<\/h2>\n
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You will love again the stranger who was your self.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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to itself, to the stranger who has loved you<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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all your life, whom you ignored<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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for another, who knows you by heart.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Nobel Prize winning poet Derek Walcott offers advice and reassurance to anyone experiencing a breakup in his poem \u2018Love After Love\u2019. Encouraging the reader to return to themselves, the poem is a tonic in a world full of love poetry which expects us to hand ourselves over to lovers completely.<\/p>\n

63. “I Love You” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox<\/h2>\n
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I love your lips when they\u2019re wet with wine<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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And red with a wild desire;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I love your eyes when the lovelight lies<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Lit with a passionate fire.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I love your arms when the warm white flesh<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Touches mine in a fond embrace;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I love your hair when the strands enmesh<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Your kisses against my face.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In \u2018I Love You\u2019, Ella Wheeler Wilcox lays out the tiny moments that add up to why the speaker feels so passionately about her love, before going on to describe the colder attributes she\u2019s not looking for in a relationship. This juxtaposition helps to make the initial love she describes all the more special.<\/p>\n

64. “We Have Not Long to Love” by Tennessee Williams<\/h2>\n

\"ElEl dramaturgo y poeta Tennessee Williams<\/em><\/p>\n

Though better known for his plays than as a romance author, Tennessee Williams was also an accomplished poet. In \u2018We Have Not Long to Love\u2019 Williams stresses the importance of appreciating the time we do<\/em> have and cherishing the love that comes with it, remembering that nothing will last forever.<\/p>\n

65. “Poem to First Love” by Matthew Yeager<\/h2>\n
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To have been told \u201cI love you\u201d by you could well be, for me,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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the highlight of my life, the best feeling, the best peak<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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on my feeling graph, in the way that the Chrysler building<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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might not be the tallest building in the NY sky but is<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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the best, the most exquisitely spired<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Matthew Yeager\u2019s \u2018Poem to First Love\u2019 is a bittersweet young romance where, as the title suggests, the speaker is reminiscing about his relationship with his first love, and explores the different ways one might try to logically quantify the utterly illogical force of love.<\/p>\n

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Looking to dive a little deeper into the world of poetry? Check out our post on the<\/strong> 60+ best poetry books of all time!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

El Poder Transformador de Estar Enamorado<\/h2>\n

Estar enamorado a menudo cambia la forma en que percibimos el mundo y a nosotros mismos. De repente, lo mundano adquiere un nuevo significado, y la esencia del compa\u00f1ero se siente como una parte fundamental de la existencia.<\/p>\n

Gwendolyn Brooks, la primera afroamericana ganadora del Premio Pulitzer de poes\u00eda, habla directamente de esta transformaci\u00f3n en “To Be In Love” (Estar Enamorada):<\/p>\n

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To be in love Is to touch with a lighter hand. In yourself you stretch, you are well.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Esto no solo habla de cambios externos, sino de un florecimiento interno habilitado por el amor compartido. De manera similar, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, el aclamado poeta urdu, describe un mundo que recupera su verdadera forma gracias<\/em> a la presencia de su amada en “Before You Came” (Antes de que Vinieras):<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t leave now that you\u2019re here\u2014 Stay. So the world may become like itself again: so the sky may by the sky, the road a road, and the glass of wine not a mirror, just a glass of wine.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Su mundo no estaba mal<\/em> antes, pero era visto a trav\u00e9s de una lente distorsionadora hasta que el amor corrigi\u00f3 su visi\u00f3n. En una vena m\u00e1s abstracta, E.E. Cummings captura la naturaleza abrumadora y siempre presente de su amada en “[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]” ([llevo tu coraz\u00f3n conmigo(lo llevo en]):<\/p>\n

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i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Este no es solo un dulce sentimiento; describe un estado donde los l\u00edmites del yo se desdibujan, y la influencia del compa\u00f1ero se siente en cada acci\u00f3n y lugar. Esta conexi\u00f3n \u00edntima es un sello distintivo del amor profundamente sentido, una conexi\u00f3n que puede sentirse tanto simple como profunda<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Comprensi\u00f3n Profunda y Conexi\u00f3n<\/h2>\n

M\u00e1s all\u00e1 del consuelo y la transformaci\u00f3n, estar enamorado implica una profundidad \u00fanica de entendimiento que se desarrolla entre dos personas. Es un reconocimiento del n\u00facleo del otro, una resonancia que se siente tanto ganada como inherente.<\/p>\n

“Bird-Understander” de Craig Arnold toca esta tranquila apreciaci\u00f3n de la forma de ser de la pareja:<\/p>\n

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These are your own words your way of noticing and saying plainly of not turning away from hurt you have offered them to me I am only giving them back if only I could show you how very useless they are not<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

El poema es un testimonio del valor de las cualidades inherentes de una pareja, su perspectiva \u00fanica y resiliencia, lo que profundiza el v\u00ednculo.<\/p>\n

Christina Rossetti explora un sentido similar de identidad entrelazada en “I loved you first: but afterwards your love” (Te am\u00e9 primero: pero despu\u00e9s tu amor), donde los afectos individuales se fusionan en una fuerza singular y poderosa:<\/p>\n

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I loved you first: but afterwards your love Outsoaring mine, sang such a loftier song As drowned the friendly cooings of my dove. Which owes the other most? my love was long, And yours one moment seemed to wax more strong<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Esto no se trata de competencia, sino de la forma milagrosa en que dos amores se combinan para crear algo m\u00e1s grande, una entidad compartida que trasciende las partes individuales. Es el estado de estar enamorado donde “tuyo” y “m\u00edo” se convierten en “nuestro”.<\/p>\n

Las Alegr\u00edas Sencillas y la Realidad Compartida<\/h2>\n

Si bien las grandes declaraciones tienen su lugar, gran parte del estar enamorado reside en los momentos tranquilos y cotidianos. El simple acto de existir juntos, navegando por lo mundano, construye una belleza poderosa y discreta.<\/p>\n

“Camomile Tea” de Katherine Mansfield captura perfectamente esta tranquilidad dom\u00e9stica:<\/p>\n

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We might be fifty, we might be five, So snug, so compact, so wise are we! Under the kitchen-table leg My knee is pressing against his knee. Our shutters are shut, the fire is low, The tap is dripping peacefully; The saucepan shadows on the wall Are black and round and plain to see.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Este poema es una clase magistral sobre c\u00f3mo encontrar lo sagrado en lo ordinario. La comodidad no est\u00e1 en los grandes gestos, sino en la proximidad, la rutina y el espacio compartido de una tarde tranquila. Destaca la belleza a menudo pasada por alto de la familiaridad pac\u00edfica que surge de estar enamorado con el tiempo.<\/p>\n

Margaret Atwood, conocida por explorar relaciones humanas complejas, tambi\u00e9n aborda la realidad y el esfuerzo del amor sostenido en “Habitation” (Habitaci\u00f3n):<\/p>\n

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at the back where we squat outside, eating popcorn the edge of the receding glacier where painfully and with wonder at having survived even this far we are learning to make fire<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Esto no es un cuento de hadas; es una representaci\u00f3n del amor como un proceso de supervivencia y esfuerzo, incluso “doloroso” a veces. Pero el “asombro” de haber aguantado y el acto continuo de “aprender a hacer fuego” juntos subrayan el profundo v\u00ednculo que se forma a trav\u00e9s de la experiencia compartida y la perseverancia, un aspecto clave del estado de estar enamorado.<\/p>\n

Pasi\u00f3n y Devoci\u00f3n<\/h2>\n

Estar enamorado ciertamente no excluye la pasi\u00f3n y la profunda devoci\u00f3n. Estos sentimientos a menudo se intensifican por la seguridad y profundidad de una conexi\u00f3n establecida.<\/p>\n

El “Soneto de Amor XI” de Pablo Neruda expresa un enfoque intenso, casi consumidor, en la amada:<\/p>\n

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I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair. Silent and starving, I prowl through the streets. Bread does not nourish me, dawn disrupts me, all day I hunt for the liquid measure of your steps.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Si bien raya en la obsesi\u00f3n, captura la intensidad de la presencia de la amada dominando el mundo del hablante, una representaci\u00f3n poderosa del estado de estar completamente cautivado. Los “Tus Pies” de Neruda muestran esta devoci\u00f3n extendi\u00e9ndose a cada parte de la amada, expresando gratitud por las mismas fuerzas que los unieron inevitablemente.<\/p>\n

“I Love You” (Te Amo) de Ella Wheeler Wilcox es una expresi\u00f3n m\u00e1s directa, casi catalogada, de la presencia f\u00edsica de la amada y su efecto:<\/p>\n

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I love your lips when they\u2019re wet with wine And red with a wild desire; I love your eyes when the lovelight lies Lit with a passionate fire. I love your arms when the warm white flesh Touches mine in a fond embrace; I love your hair when the strands enmesh Your kisses against my face.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Este poema se centra en los aspectos tangibles y sensoriales de la persona, detallando las cosas espec\u00edficas que alimentan la pasi\u00f3n y hacen que el estado de estar enamorado sea tan v\u00edvido y deseable.<\/p>\n

Amor Duradero y Compromiso<\/h2>\n

El estado de estar enamorado implica una continuaci\u00f3n, un sentido de permanencia que trasciende los momentos fugaces. Los poetas han buscado durante mucho tiempo articular la naturaleza duradera de este v\u00ednculo.<\/p>\n

El Soneto 116 de Shakespeare, “Let me not to the marriage of true minds” (Que no admita yo impedimentos al matrimonio de mentes verdaderas), define famosamente un amor que es firme:<\/p>\n

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Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O no! it is an ever-fixed mark<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Este soneto habla del ideal del amor como una constante inquebrantable, un punto fijo en un mundo cambiante, que es una piedra angular del sentimiento de amor seguro y duradero. De manera similar, el Soneto 75 de Edmund Spenser, “One Day I Wrote her Name” (Un d\u00eda escrib\u00ed su nombre), contrasta la naturaleza ef\u00edmera del mundo f\u00edsico con el poder inmortalizador del amor y la poes\u00eda:<\/p>\n

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One day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washed it away: Again I wrote it with a second hand, But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A pesar de que las olas borran la marca f\u00edsica, el compromiso del hablante de hacer eterno su amor a trav\u00e9s del verso refleja el deseo de que el estado de estar enamorado dure para siempre.<\/p>\n

La Complejidad y las Paradojas de Estar Enamorado<\/h2>\n

Estar enamorado no siempre es pura dicha. Puede implicar vulnerabilidad, esfuerzo e incluso sentimientos parad\u00f3jicos, como anhelar a alguien que est\u00e1 justo a tu lado.<\/p>\n

E.E. Cummings captura algo de esta complejidad en “[love is more thicker than forget]” ([el amor es m\u00e1s denso que olvidar]):<\/p>\n

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love is more thicker than forget more thinner than recall more seldom than a wave is wet more frequent than to fail<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Al usar paradojas, Cummings sugiere que el estado de estar enamorado desaf\u00eda una definici\u00f3n f\u00e1cil, abarcando contradicciones como rareza y frecuencia, profundidad y sutileza.<\/p>\n

El poema sin t\u00edtulo de Christopher Poindexter habla de una paradoja espec\u00edfica y cercana de estar enamorado: la sensaci\u00f3n de extra\u00f1ar a alguien incluso en su presencia:<\/p>\n

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I miss you even when you are beside me. I dream of your body even when you are sleeping in my arms. The words I love you could never be enough.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Esto no se trata de descontento, sino de una sensaci\u00f3n abrumadora de la importancia del amado, donde incluso su proximidad resalta la inmensidad del sentimiento, el miedo a estar alguna vez sin \u00e9l. Es una ilustraci\u00f3n poderosa de la profundidad de la conexi\u00f3n en el estado de estar enamorado.<\/p>\n

A veces, la realidad de estar enamorado se reconoce sin idealizaci\u00f3n rom\u00e1ntica. “You Are the Penultimate Love of My Life” (Eres el Pen\u00faltimo Amor de Mi Vida) de Rebecca Hazelton adopta una mirada poco convencional:<\/p>\n

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The garden you plant and I plant is tunneled through by voles, the vowels we speak aren\u2019t vows, but there\u2019s something holding me here, for now, like your eyes, which I suppose are brown, after all.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Este poema reconoce la imperfecci\u00f3n (“atravesado por topos”), la falta de compromiso convencional (“no son votos”) e incluso un toque de incertidumbre (“por ahora”, “supongo”). Sin embargo, la conexi\u00f3n subyacente (“algo me retiene aqu\u00ed”) es real y poderosa, sugiriendo que el estado de estar enamorado puede existir aut\u00e9nticamente fuera de las narrativas tradicionales, en la aceptaci\u00f3n de una realidad compartida e imperfecta. Explorar poemas de amor para un hombre<\/a> o una mujer puede revelar m\u00e1s matices en c\u00f3mo los poetas capturan estas din\u00e1micas complejas.<\/p>\n

Conclusi\u00f3n<\/h2>\n

Los poemas sobre estar enamorado ofrecen un rico tapiz tejido a partir de la presencia, el consuelo, la transformaci\u00f3n, la comprensi\u00f3n, la pasi\u00f3n, el compromiso y las realidades complejas. Van m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de la chispa inicial o el dolor de la p\u00e9rdida para iluminar la experiencia vivida y continua de compartir la vida con otra persona. Desde la tranquila domesticidad capturada por Mansfield hasta la devoci\u00f3n trascendente expresada por Rumi o Neruda, estos poemas proporcionan lenguaje para el estado multifac\u00e9tico que define una conexi\u00f3n profunda. Nos recuerdan que estar enamorado no es una condici\u00f3n est\u00e1tica, sino un espacio din\u00e1mico de existencia compartida, continuamente moldeado por la presencia, la interacci\u00f3n y el profundo impacto que un alma tiene sobre otra. As\u00ed como la poes\u00eda explora los altibajos de la existencia, desde la belleza del amor hasta temas encontrados en los poemas de Robert Frost sobre la muerte<\/a>, el estado de estar enamorado sigue siendo uno de sus temas m\u00e1s duraderos y resonantes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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