Get all tongue-tied around your crush? Can't find the right words to tell your beloved how much you care? Well, we have a poem for that! We can't guarantee the results, but we can promise that you just might fall in love with poetry, which is one date that never breaks up with you.
You can find the full text of Sonnets from the Portugese 43 here.
You can read the full text of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "Sonnets from the Portuguese 43" here.
Find the full text of Pablo Neruda "One Hundred Love Sonnets: XVII" here. You can read the full text of ee cummings' "[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in] here.Read the full text of Kim Addonizios "First Poem for You" here.Find the full text of Anne Bradstreet's "To My Dear and Loving Husband" here.Visit Poetry Out Loud to browse more poems of love or anything else you're in the mood for.(Credits for background images: Image 1 by Flickr user Luke Hayfield; Image 4 by Flickr user darwin Bell; Image 6 by Flickr user sweethaa)
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