If You Forget Me
If You Forget Me By Pablo Neruda
I want you to know
one thing.
You know how this is:
Famous Love Poems
Best Classic Love Poems by Famous Poets
From the first prick of Cupid's arrow to the bitterness of heartbreak, poets throughout the ages have written on the mysteries of love. Their rhymes and allegories help us to better understand our emotions and sort the many ups and downs of love. Whether a simple crush or years of marriage, poetry throughout the centuries has helped express and illuminate the difficult sentiments of the heart. Turning to poetry can help us to put words to the passions and excitements that love inflames within us and to direct that fire to the forging and melding of two hearts together.
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How Do I Love Thee?
How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43) By Elizabeth Barrett BrowningHow do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.Latest Shared StoryOn 7 October 1993 I recited my version of this poem at the moment that my first granddaughter was born, as I fell in love with that small pink bundle. I have referred to this poem on every...
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I Carry Your Heart With Me
I Carry Your Heart With Me By e.e. cummingsi 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)Latest Shared StoryMotherhood, the truest forever love. Though my children are gone and many, many miles from me, I carry them in my heart... and that is why this poem speaks to me.
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Always Marry An April Girl
Always Marry An April Girl By Ogden NashPraise the spells and bless the charms,
I found April in my arms.
April golden, April cloudy,
Gracious, cruel, tender, rowdy; -
I Love You
I Love You By Ella Wheeler WilcoxI love your lips when they’re wet with wine
And red with a wild desire;
I love your eyes when the lovelight lies
Lit with a passionate fire. -
Love's Language
Love's Language By Ella Wheeler WilcoxHow does Love speak?
In the faint flush upon the telltale cheek,
And in the pallor that succeeds it; by
The quivering lid of an averted eye-- -
I Am Not Yours
I Am Not Yours By Sara TeasdaleI am not yours, not lost in you,
Not lost, although I long to be
Lost as a candle lit at noon,
Lost as a snowflake in the sea.... -
somewhere i have never travelled
Somewhere I Have Never Travelled By e.e. cummingssomewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond
any experience, your eyes have their silence:
in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,
or which i cannot touch because they are too near...Latest Shared StoryThis poem is the one that did it! I read this along with my class, in seventh grade and was forever inspired. The way Cummings uses words to create this picture of love and roses. The way he...
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Love's Coming
Love's Coming By Ella Wheeler WilcoxShe had looked for his coming as warriors come,
With the clash of arms and the bugle's call;
But he came instead with a stealthy tread,
Which she did not hear at all....Latest Shared StoryI had an old book of EWW poems when I was young that had belonged to my Grandmother, who was born in 1904, given to her by my Grandfather. Reading them brings back some memories. I didn't...
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I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You
I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You By Pablo NerudaI do not love you except because I love you;
I go from loving to not loving you,
From waiting to not waiting for you
My heart moves from cold to fire....Latest Shared StorySincerely, the poem sounds more of irony, imagery, synecdoche, because it was a direct poem that straightly explained the meaning, whereas, there won't be room for literary appreciation....
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