ArcsBy Magda PortalToday everythingin this smoky loveseems false to mefrom the two glazed pools of your eyes where…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveHeartache & Loss
A Fairly Sad TaleBy Dorothy ParkerI think that I shall never knowWhy I am thus, and I am so.Around me, other girls inspireIn men the rush…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveMelancholy & Despair
If Love Be StaunchBy Countee CullenIf love be staunch, call mountains brittle;Love is a thing will liveSo long, my dear,––oh, just the …LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveHeartache & Loss
Notes on DevotionBy Caroline Harper NewA man by the name of Skinner becomes famousfor keeping caged pigeons, whom his clock feeds or…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveRealistic & ComplicatedMelancholy & Despair
Guilt or Dread What An Amazing Instrument You AreBy Karen Houle Pulling the foreign body off me— out of the dress up over my arms through the neckhole— he says, You…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveClassic LoveRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesMen & Women
Dirty ValentineBy Richard SikenThere are so many things I’m not allowed to tell you. I touch myself, I dream.Wearing your clothes…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveHeartache & Loss
1 ["Deathless Aphrodite of the spangled mind"]By SapphoDeathless Aphrodite of the spangled mind,child of Zeus, who twists lures, I beg youdo not break with…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveHeartache & LossUnrequited LoveMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman Mythology
poetry-magazineWulf ond EadwacerBy Unknown Lēodum is mīnum swylce him mon lāc gife; willað hȳ hine āþecgan gif hē on þrēat cymeð. Ungelīc is ū…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveUnrequited LoveMythology & FolkloreFairy-tales & LegendsTechniquesAlliteration
I’m a Fool to Love YouBy Cornelius EadySome folks will tell you the blues is a woman,Some type of supernatural creature.My mother would tell…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveRealistic & ComplicatedSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityRace & EthnicityLivingMarriage & CompanionshipRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMen & WomenArts & SciencesMusicMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphor + 11 more
[I like to think that when lovers say…]By Tilsa OttaI like to think that when lovers say they’ll love foreverThat really their love does last foreverAnd…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed Love
poetry-magazineI Love You, Love You AnyhowBy Cheryl ClarkeI could use a good ole R&B lyric right about now to face this hard absence. Only its terse verse can…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveHeartache & Loss
poetry-magazineObituaryBy Salima RiveraDied: Our vows to love, honor, and cherish. Time: Left suddenly on a bright summer day Cause of Death…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveHeartache & Loss
poetry-magazineIn the House by the SeaBy Stacie CassarinoI admired the sea, most days, but not the heirs or millionaires sailing in stiff-capped winds, buttoned… Related Audio LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic LoveRelationshipsLGBTQ+
poetry-magazineDown the LaneBy Susan BrowneDown the lane winding between & behind houses, I find the cottage I rented after I left Michael, he … Related Audio LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveRomantic Love
Self-Portrait with Sylvia Plath’s BraidBy Diane SeussSome women make a pilgrimage to visit it in the Indiana library charged to keep it safe. I didn’t drive…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityLivingLife ChoicesArts & SciencesPoetry & Poets
poetry-magazineThe Almost Love Poem of Eloise and KofiBy Brian GyamfiWhen Eloise tells Kofi she wants a divorce, he sits naked on the kitchen floor skinning an ox tongue… Related Audio LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveHeartache & LossLivingMarriage & Companionship
Every Cell in this Country Looks Like a Choice You Can Walk In and Out OfBy Justin Phillip ReedDoes a man with no intentions know he means you only harm? If lodged in the scar were a pearl of such…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveHeartache & LossRealistic & ComplicatedUnrequited Love
Wulf and EadwacerBy UnknownIt's as if someone should give a gift to my people— they will kill him if he comes to the troop. It …LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveUnrequited LoveTechniquesAlliteration
Portrait of a LadyBy T. S. EliotI Among the smoke and fog of a December afternoon You have the scene arrange itself — as it will seem…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveHeartache & LossRealistic & ComplicatedLivingDeathGrowing OldTime & BrevityRelationshipsMen & WomenArts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsStanza FormsMixed + 7 more
Vietnam Ghost Story: Đà Lạt LoversBy Hoa NguyenA student at the military school 1956and a literary teacher at the nearby high schoolfall in love …LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveHeartache & LossUnrequited LoveLivingSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsMen & Women