Love is one of the most common themes in the history of poetry (and mankind), and for good reason: it is one of the greatest and most basic human conditions. Just about everyone has been loved, loved someone, and has been in love. Naturally, poets have written a great deal on the subject.
This Guided Poetry Tour contains poems about love, poems to a loved one, poems about a loved one, romantic fancies, sexual overtures, valentines, and poems of parting, or of being separated from one's lover.
If you're feeling down-and-out about love, we've got you covered with a selection of poems about heartbreak, heart ache, and general misery due to love.
So whether you're looking for a poem with which to woo someone, need a poem to send to your valentine, or are feeling blue and need some cheer (misery loves company, after all), then dive in with these suggested love poems.
A selection of love poems, romantic verses, and ungushy poetry that's at least a level above "Roses are red..."
Poems about valentines, St. Valentine's Day, and other words that last longer than flowers or chocolates.
Parting is such sweet sorrow...
Woe is me, here are some poems of heartache, heartbreak, and pining for past or future love.
Jough Dempsey is a poet & critic and the webmaster of Poetry X, an online poetry resource for those looking for love in all the wrong places. In his spare time he enjoys looking in all the right places.