Love Poems

Poem of the Week

Another Terminal Love Poem

Martha Zweig
Poetry

Many Rivers

David St. John
Derrick Tyson / Creative Commons
From the Archives

Half February

Charles Wright
From the Archives

The Hug

Thom Gunn
Poetry

The Lovers of Modena

Gbenga Adesina
Poem of the Week

Perfect

Adrienne Chung
Poem of the Week

For the Man on His Knees at The Eagle

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

Love

Aaron Fagan
Graphic with zucchini and red squiggly lines. Illustration by Laura Padilla Castellanos
Poetry

In These of All Times

Robin Myers
Poetry

Desire

Elizabeth Metzger
Populox / Creative Commons
Poetry

Bent Lyre

Sandra Lim
Hendrik Doijer (attributed to), Stroomversnelling in de Mindrineti, ca. 1906 - 1913. Courtesy Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Poetry

Love Poem as Ars Poetica

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

Love Poem

Cecily Parks

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Love Poems

Zeev Barkan / Creative Commons
Poetry

Trying to Write a Poem While the Couple in the Apartment Overhead Make Love

David Wagoner
April 1, 2008
Jan l’Admiral (attributed to), Anatomische studie van een menselijk hart, ca. 1700-1750. Courtesy Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam..
Poetry

Love

Aaron Fagan
July 1, 2002
Derrick Tyson / Creative Commons
From the Archives

Half February

Charles Wright
October 1, 1997
From the Archives

The Hug

Thom Gunn
July 1, 1985
Poetry

Many Rivers

David St. John
September 1, 1984