poetry-magazineLake ChateauBy Dorothea LaskyI still feel the sameAs the day that I first met youThough softened by all of this timeI still think… Related Audio LoveInfatuation & CrushesRealistic & ComplicatedThe MindMemory & Nostalgia
poetry-magazineWhen the Seed Spans the Length of the FruitBy Omotara JamesWhen Sarah Vaughan pipes from the great American songbook, I forget time is dragging my body from one… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionRealistic & ComplicatedThe BodyRelationshipsLGBTQ+ActivitiesEating & DrinkingGrief + 2 more
poetry-magazineFrom “Underworlds”By Kimberly Johnson i The last time I lost you, I had turned To salt. The hospice nurses all assured An easier passing… Related Audio LoveRealistic & ComplicatedLivingDeathHealth & IllnessMarriage & CompanionshipSorrow & GrievingGrief
But Not ForgottenBy Dorothy ParkerI think, no matter where you stray,That I shall go with you a way.Though you may wander sweeter lands…LoveDesire & PassionRealistic & Complicated
Words to My LoveBy Countee CullenWhat if you comeAgain and swellThe throat of someMute bird;How shall I tell?How shall I know.That it is so,Having heard?LoveRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic LoveLivingLife ChoicesThe MindDoubt & Contemplation
Notes on DevotionBy Caroline Harper NewA man by the name of Skinner becomes famousfor keeping caged pigeons, whom his clock feeds or starves at random. Their tiny twitching heads exaggerate until...LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveRealistic & ComplicatedMelancholy & Despair
Pencil LetterBy Irina RatushinskayaI know it won't be receivedOr sent. The page will beIn shreds as soon as I have scribbled it.Later. …LoveRealistic & ComplicatedSocial CommentariesCrime & PunishmentThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & Brevity
RewindBy Anastasia Taylor-LindIt’s 9/11 the first time you stay.In the morning you bring Taliban poems back to bed.I drink cardamom…LoveRealistic & ComplicatedSocial CommentariesWar & ConflictThe MindDoubt & ContemplationMemory & NostalgiaMelancholy & Despair
poetry-magazineThe Time Traveler Finally Falls in LoveBy T.S. Leonardand it ends, of course, in fabulous heartbreak, like anything—it’s not an if, but when—so the trick … Related Audio LoveHeartache & LossRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic LoveTime & Brevity
poetry-magazineHe Was ChaoticBy Fatimah AsgharMy teacher says of their cat, now gone missing. In his absence, everything is still. The small, silvered… Related Audio LoveRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic LoveTime & BrevityRelationshipsPets
poetry-magazineIs This My Last Ferry Trip?By Martha SilanoIs this the last time I’ll admire the guysin their neon-yellow slickers, guiding usto our parking spots… Related Audio LoveRealistic & ComplicatedLivingDeathHealth & IllnessMarriage & CompanionshipActivitiesTravels & Journeys
poetry-magazineManuel Sánchez. My Pregnant Wife Sleeps in a Boardinghouse HallwayBy Lis SanchezDo I hear you, flitting dream, shaking your feathers? I am sitting perfectly still, preventing the … Related Audio LoveRealistic & ComplicatedThe MindDoubt & Contemplation
poetry-magazineDinah’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 & ComplicatedSocial CommentariesGender & Sexuality
Love Poem with Apologies for My AppearanceBy Ada LimónSometimes, I think you get the worstof me. The much-loved loose forest-greensweatpants, the long bra…LoveRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic Love
poetry-magazineDeciding to End Your Life, You Thank MeBy Molly PeacockWhen you looked up and said, “Thank you,” I saw your gratitude rise over us like rain. It seemed external… Related Audio LoveRealistic & ComplicatedLivingDeathHealth & IllnessMarriage & CompanionshipSorrow & GrievingGratitudeGrief + 2 more
Unshuttered ["1. You crush me with your damning glimpses..."]By Patricia Smith1. You crush me with your damning glimpses, Anna. You,so rancorous, so wounding, and so cruelly bred…LoveDesire & PassionRealistic & ComplicatedUnrequited LoveSocial CommentariesRace & EthnicityPassion
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
poetry-magazineThis Is LoveBy Amanda JohnstonA friend once said, Lovejust means you’ll be there.I remember hospital rooms,machines humming softly with life.Doctors with thin percentagesof hope and heavy brows.The late nights alone in a parked carscreaming into the void.How we empty ourselves of griefand climb Love’s... Related Audio LoveRealistic & ComplicatedLivingHealth & Illness
poetry-magazineI’m not excited by youBy Steven G FullwoodAnd how exciting is that?Still a man’s gotta get laidAnd you are a place to lieSo here we areLyingMy blood does not boilWith anticipationSex with you is largelyAnthropological:I show upDive into your bodyDevour your affectionSit in your yardIn my drawsEat... Related Audio LoveRealistic & ComplicatedRelationships
IntimacyBy Paisley RekdalHow horrible it is, how horriblethat Cronenberg film where Goldblum’s trappedwith a fly inside his MaterialTransformer: bits of the man emerginggooey, many-eyed; bits of the flyworrying that his agent’s screwed him—I almost flinch to see the body laterthat’s left its...LoveRealistic & ComplicatedReligionFaith & DoubtLivingDeathThe BodyTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmStanza FormsCoupletMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionImagery + 10 more