Love Poems

Poetry

In These of All Times

Robin Myers
Graphic with zucchini and red squiggly lines. Illustration by Laura Padilla Castellanos
Poem of the Week

Perfect

Adrienne Chung
Poem of the Week

For the Man on His Knees at The Eagle

Francisco Márquez
Poetry

Half February

Charles Wright
Derrick Tyson / Creative Commons
Poetry

Love

Aaron Fagan
Jan l’Admiral (attributed to), Anatomische studie van een menselijk hart, ca. 1700-1750. Courtesy Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam..

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Love Poems

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Poem of the Week

Perfect

Adrienne Chung
December 22, 2021
Graphic with zucchini and red squiggly lines. Illustration by Laura Padilla Castellanos
Poetry

In These of All Times

Robin Myers
September 20, 2021
Detail of flames. Joshua Newton
Poem of the Week

For the Man on His Knees at The Eagle

Francisco Márquez
June 23, 2021
Populox / Creative Commons
Poetry

Desire

Elizabeth Metzger
May 19, 2021
"Folio" in typewriter font
Poetry

Bent Lyre

Sandra Lim
January 1, 2020
A stack of old issues of The Yale Review. Courtesy Pentagram
Poetry

How Much I Love You

Peter Balakian
April 1, 2019
A stack of old issues of The Yale Review. Courtesy Pentagram
Poetry

I Was Waiting for You Outside the Post Office

Jessica Greenbaum
April 1, 2019
A stack of old issues of The Yale Review. Courtesy Pentagram
Poetry

Wide Margin Love Poem

Susan Barba
July 1, 2018
Hendrik Doijer (attributed to), Stroomversnelling in de Mindrineti, ca. 1906 - 1913. Courtesy Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Poetry

Love Poem as Ars Poetica

Erica McAlpine
July 1, 2013
Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O’Keeffe, ca. 1919-1920. Courtesy The Art Institute of Chicago.
Poetry

Love Poem

Cecily Parks
April 1, 2013