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Love poems inspire more love—which inspires more love poems. Read this selection of verse on the theme of love in modern life. My Heart by Kim Addonizio
To Dorothy by Marvin Bell
The Love-Hat Relationship by Aaron Belz
Hey You by Adrian Blevins
The Embrace by Mark Doty
The Kiss by Stephen Dunn
Rime Riche by Monica Ferrell
It Was Raining In Delft by Peter Gizzi
Long Distance II by Tony Harrison
When a Woman Loves a Man by David Lehman
Footprint on Your Heart by Gary Lenhart
The Ecstasy by Phillip Lopate
Fons by Pura López-Colomé
syntax by Maureen N. McLane
The Ear is an Organ Made for Love by E. Ethelbert Miller
San Antonio by Naomi Shihab Nye
corydon & alexis, redux by D.A. Powell
Epithalamium by Matthew Rohrer
The Meaning of Zero: A Love Poem by Amy Uyematsu
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Love is too often followed by heartache, break-ups, or unrequited passion. Read up on the difficulty of love and how poets have dealt with it throughout the ages. One Art by Elizabeth Bishop
Provisional by Catherine Bowman
When We Two Parted by George Gordon Byron
The Afternoon Sun by C.P. Cavafy
Chaos is the New Calm by Wyn Cooper
The Primer by Christina Davis
To Earthward by Robert Frost
Dear Miss Emily by James Galvin
Donal Óg by Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory
I May After Leaving You Walk Quickly or Even Run by Matthea Harvey
This Was Once a Love Poem by Jane Hirshfield
In Praise of Their Divorce by Tony Hoagland
Footprint on Your Heart by Gary Lenhart
The Vampire Bride [I am come—I am come!] by Henry Thomas Liddell
Family Reunion by Jeredith Merrin
Remember by Christina Rossetti
Apart (Les Séparés) by Louis Simpson
Heart's Needle by W.D. Snodgrass
A Book Of Music by Jack Spicer
The Aeneid, Book IV, [So, you traitor] by Virgil
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