p1First DateBy Kinsale DrakeI want my Luci Tapahonso cowboy with a shining belt and a good dog he likes my legs in blue jeans but...LoveInfatuation & Crushes
Romance sonámbuloBy Federico García LorcaVerde que te quiero verde. Verde viento. Verdes ramas. El barco sobre la mar y el caballo en la monta...LoveDesire & PassionInfatuation & CrushesNatureStars, Planets, HeavensTrees & FlowersLivingLife ChoicesRelationshipsMen & WomenMetersFree VerseTechniquesEpigraphImageryRefrain + 9 more
Dreamwalking BalladBy Federico García LorcaGreen I want you green green wind green branches Boat on the sea and horse on the mountain Shadow on...LoveDesire & PassionInfatuation & CrushesNatureStars, Planets, HeavensTrees & FlowersLivingDeathLife ChoicesRelationshipsMen & WomenMetersFree VerseTechniquesEpigraphImageryRefrainFor All Ages + 11 more
The Skokie TheaterBy Edward HirschTwelve years old and lovesick, bumbling and terrified for the first time in my life, but strangely hopeful...LoveDesire & PassionFirst LoveInfatuation & CrushesLivingComing of AgeYouthArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmMetersFree VerseTechniquesConfessionalImageryMetaphor + 8 more
p1At the Rainbow Cattle CompanyBy Bruce SniderNo matter who leads tonight, who follows, I feel his stare as we work the floor. He swaggers from heel...LoveDesire & PassionInfatuation & CrushesRomantic LoveRelationshipsLGBTQ+
VoyagesBy Hart CraneI Above the fresh ruffles of the surf Bright striped urchins flay each other with sand. They have contrived...LoveClassic LoveDesire & PassionInfatuation & CrushesRomantic LoveNatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsLivingTime & BrevityRelationshipsLGBTQ+ActivitiesTravels & JourneysStanza FormsMixedMetersBlank Verse + 10 more
The Best Slow DancerBy David WagonerUnder the sagging clotheslines of crepe paper By the second string of teachers and wallflowers In the...LoveFirst LoveInfatuation & CrushesNatureThe BodyRelationshipsArts & SciencesTheater & DanceValentine's Day + 2 more
Waiting [2]By Noor NagaThere are people to live for and people to die for I comfort myself: there are people to sleep with ...LoveInfatuation & CrushesRealistic & ComplicatedUnrequited Love
p1From “Couplets”By Maggie MillnerI tried to stay away. Could not. I’d turn to J or T and say: Today’s the day it stops. Nothing right...LoveInfatuation & CrushesOptimism
Crush, Supermarket, CaliforniaBy Jan-Henry GrayIt's easy to fall in love with the grocery store boys— the one with the tiny coffee cup sweatshirt, ...LoveDesire & PassionInfatuation & CrushesJoy & Contentment
Song: Go, Lovely RoseBy Edmund WallerGo, lovely rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee...LoveDesire & PassionInfatuation & CrushesRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic LoveLivingTime & BrevityRelationshipsMen & WomenStanza FormsRhymed StanzaAnger + 5 more
Love PoemBy Duane NiatumThe twilight of your face, the unknown bird in your voice, drew me to your eyes’ green vision, your ...LoveInfatuation & CrushesRomantic LoveRelationships
Ode to Patrick SwayzeBy Tishani DoshiAt fourteen I wanted to devour you, the twang, the strut, the perfect proletarian butt in the black ...LoveDesire & PassionInfatuation & CrushesNatureAnimalsSocial CommentariesPopular CultureLivingComing of AgeYouthRelationshipsArts & SciencesPhotography & Film + 6 more
Heads Wrapped in FlowersBy Thylias MossThe Easter hats usually exploited gardens and even when I took mine off, artificial bluebells were braided...LoveInfatuation & CrushesSocial Commentaries
RomanceBy Claude McKayTo clasp you now and feel your head close-pressed, Scented and warm against my beating breast; To whisper...LoveDesire & PassionInfatuation & CrushesRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic LoveRelationshipsValentine's DayStanza FormsCouplet + 2 more
Delores JeppsBy Tim SeiblesIt seems insane now, but she’d be standing soaked in schoolday morning light, her loose-leaf notebook...LoveFirst LoveInfatuation & CrushesSocial CommentariesHistory & PoliticsLivingYouthThe MindMemory & NostalgiaAnxiety & Insecurity + 3 more
Ode on a Grecian UrnBy John KeatsThou still unravish'd bride of quietness, Thou foster-child of silence and slow time, Sylvan historian...LoveClassic LoveDesire & PassionHeartache & LossInfatuation & CrushesRomantic LoveUnrequited LoveNatureLandscapes & PastoralsLivingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityRelationshipsArts & SciencesMusicPainting & SculpturePhilosophyMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesImageryTypes/ModesEkphrasisOdeAnxiety & InsecurityDisappointmentArts & CultureClassics + 24 more
Between The Griffon and Met LifeBy Vincent KatzI am totally enamored of every person passing in this unseasonably warm mid-March evening near 39th ...LoveDesire & PassionInfatuation & CrushesNatureSpringSocial CommentariesCities & Urban LifeLivingTime & BrevityJoy & Contentment + 3 more
p1Oh SweetheartsBy Liz BerryAnd slowly we’m sweethearts atween the wet grass all river-licked, lime dust in our hair and both of...LoveDesire & PassionInfatuation & CrushesNatureAnimalsSeas, Rivers, & StreamsMetersFree VerseJoy & Contentment + 2 more
AgainBy Ross GayBecause I love you, and beneath the uncountable stars I have become the delicate piston threading itself...LoveDesire & PassionInfatuation & CrushesRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic LoveLivingComing of AgeYouthRelationshipsPetsActivitiesGardening + 5 more