p1Dinah’s Back in TownBy Jayne CortezI wanna be bitchyI said I wanna be a bitchcause when you nicetrue love don’t comeinto your lifeYou get…LoveRealistic & Complicated
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
IntimacyBy Paisley RekdalHow horrible it is, how horrible that Cronenberg film where Goldblum’s trapped with a fly inside his…LoveRealistic & ComplicatedReligionFaith & DoubtLivingDeathThe BodyTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmStanza FormsCoupletMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionImagery + 10 more
p1CataniaBy Benjamin GucciardiWe lived in a stone farmhouse at the edge of town. I’d been assigned to process asylum claims and you…LoveRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic LoveSocial CommentariesTown & Country Life
#Bringbackourgirls—Mama’s Boy?By DaMaris B. HillEvery wife must apologize for not being her husband’s mother? But he will not forgive you. The absence…LoveRealistic & ComplicatedSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityLivingMarriage & CompanionshipRelationshipsMen & WomenMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryBlame + 6 more
Fragment Thirty-sixBy H.D.I know not what to do,my mind is reft:is song's gift best?is love's gift loveliest?I know not what to…LoveDesire & PassionHeartache & LossRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic LoveArts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman Mythology + 2 more
Who Makes Love to Us After We DieBy Diana Marie Delgado I turn on the radio and hear voices, girls becoming women after tragedy. Talk about dreams! His heart…LoveRealistic & ComplicatedSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityLivingComing of AgeDeathRelationshipsMen & WomenArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionImageryTypes/ModesProse Poem + 11 more
Unromantic LoveBy J. V. CunninghamThere is no stillness in this wood. The quiet of this clearing Is the denial of my hearing The sounds…LoveRealistic & ComplicatedUnrequited LoveRelationshipsAnniversaryStanza FormsRhymed StanzaDisappointment
The Metaphysical AmoristBy J. V. CunninghamYou are the problem I propose, My dear, the text my musings glose: I call you for convenience love. …LoveRealistic & ComplicatedLivingMarriage & CompanionshipRelationshipsAnniversaryStanza FormsRhymed StanzaDisappointmentJoy & Contentment + 3 more
p1In the House by the SeaBy Stacie CassarinoI admired the sea, most days, but not the heirs or millionaires sailing in stiff-capped winds, buttoned…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic LoveRelationshipsLGBTQ+
Bar Napkin Sonnet #11By Moira EganThings happen when you drink too much mescal. One night, with not enough food in my belly, he kept on…LoveDesire & PassionRealistic & ComplicatedLivingLife ChoicesThe BodyRelationshipsMen & Women
Small MurdersBy Aimee NezhukumatathilWhen Cleopatra received Antony on her cedarwood ship, she made sure he would smell her in advance across…LoveDesire & PassionHeartache & LossRealistic & ComplicatedRelationshipsMen & Women
Refusing EurydiceBy Ladan OsmanSomeone tells me the earth and everything in itwill belong to me if I catch the horizon before sundown…LoveRealistic & ComplicatedSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityRace & EthnicityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMen & WomenMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman Mythology + 3 more
p1The Longest Way ’RoundBy Nikki GiovanniMommy taught 3rd grade Her book was The Longest Way ’Round (Is The Shortest Way Home) I was an adult…LoveRealistic & ComplicatedRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
p1Snake PlantBy KB BrookinsI’m giving a chance to the parts of me that need to come home. For you, my lover, the concubine of my…LoveRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic Love
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
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
p1The Lucky OnesBy Gabrielle BatesI am warned against marrying early love. I am also told it works out, sometimes, for saplings can be…LoveFirst LoveRealistic & ComplicatedLivingMarriage & CompanionshipRelationships
Out of These Wounds, the Moon Will RiseBy Jay HoplerNow that the sun has set and the rain has abated, And every porch light in the neighborhood…LoveRealistic & ComplicatedLivingLife Choices
[It is abominable, unquenchable by touch]By Diane SeussIt is abominable, unquenchable by touch, closer to the sublime than sentimental, more animal than hominid…LoveRealistic & ComplicatedLivingArts & SciencesPoetry & Poets