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For Valentine’s Day: Mary Oliver and “Felicity”

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Tulips Mary Oliver Valentine

In “Felicity,” Mary Oliver includes 18 love poems — something of a surprise for a poet not known for love poetry.

Filed Under: article, love poems, love poetry, Mary Oliver, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Poets and Poems: Michał Choiński and “Gifts Without Wrapping”

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Rosebud Michal Choinski

“Gifts Without Wrapping,” a chapbook of poems by Michał Choiński, describes love and desire in the 21st century.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Poet Laura: Not Your Great-Grandma’s Love Poem

By Karen Paul Holmes 2 Comments

rocky lakeshore

What makes a love poem really work? Karen Paul Holmes breaks it down in this month’s Poet Laura column, featuring a poem by Kory Wells.

Filed Under: Blog, love poems, Poet Laura, poetry prompt

By Heart: ‘Somewhere or Other’ + New H.D. Challenge

By Megan Willome Leave a Comment

a branch of autumn leaves

Love is there — “Somewhere or Other.” Beauty keeps hope alive. Join us and learn a love poem by Christina Rossetti By Heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Christina Rossetti, love poems

Poets and Poems: Iain Thomas and ‘The Truth of You’

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kangaroos kissing

“The Truth of You,” a new poetry collection by writer and poet Iain Thomas, is an affirmation of both love and life.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Poets and Poems: Atticus and ‘The Dark Between Stars’

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Blue Mountains Blue Clouds

“The Dark Between Stars: Poems” by the Instagram poet Atticus takes the reader on a visual journey to love lost and love found.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Poets and Poems: Brad Lussier and “How Does He Love Me?”

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

The 47 sonnets of “How Does He Love Me?” by Brad Lussier remind us that love is transcendent, eternal and unchanging.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, love poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Sonnets

An Epic Told in 500 Sonnets: “The Gift of Life” by Amanda Hall

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

In “The Gift of Life: An Epic in Verse,” poet Amanda Hall employs some 500 sonnets to tell a story of love amid contemporary life and culture.

Filed Under: article, love poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Sonnets

Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ Kissed

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the tea

Get your favorite steep (or brew) & join us in writing a poem based on a line from “Kissed” by David Malone: “You held my name in your coat.”

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Poets and Poems: S.R. Jakobi and “Antiques & Curios”

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

The 96 poems of “Antiques & Curios” by S.R. Jakobi tell the story of a love affair between an older man and younger woman, one that continues in memory.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Poets and Poems: Ollie Bowen and “On the Occasion of a Wedding”

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Apple Buds Ollie Bowen

“On the Occasion of a Wedding,” the debut collection by poet Ollie Bowen, celebrates various kinds of love shared by two people.

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By Heart: “Annabel Lee” + New “The Star” Challenge

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Edgar Allan Poe

Join author Megan Willome as she learns Edgar Allan Poe’s “Annabel Lee” By Heart and wonders why Poe never made a workout video.

Filed Under: Ballads, By Heart, love poems

Travel and Love: The Poetry of Catharine Savage Brosman

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Catharine Savage Brosman

The poetry of Catharine Savage Brosman, especially in her later collections, is about travel, and the love she has for her “then and now again” husband.

Filed Under: article, Blog, book reviews, Books, love poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Travel Poems

From the Poet: Blue of the Heaps of Beads

By Dave Malone 4 Comments

blue bokeh challenge

“I always come back to the love poem, and I always come back to the Ozarks,” says Dave Malone. Enjoy this excerpt from his collection, O: Love Poems from the Ozarks.

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World War I: Mary Borden – Nurse, Novelist, Poet

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

Poppies Mary Borden World War I

American Mary Borden married a missionary, financed a hospital in World War I France, had an affair, published novels — and wrote poetry.

Filed Under: article, Blog, love poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Sonnets, war poems

“Love Songs”: Claiming Sara Teasdale for St. Louis

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

Yellow Rose Sara Teasdale

Sara Teasdale lived 34 of her 48 years in St. Louis; she was born and buried there, and St. Louis can claim her as one of its own poets.

Filed Under: article, Books, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, Sara Teasdale

The Poets of Instagram: r.h. Sin and “I Hope This Reaches Her in Time”

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

Woman in mask r h Sin

The poets of Instagram are helping to revitalize the reading of poetry, and r.h. Sin is one of them. His new collection is “I Hope This Reaches Her in Time.”

Filed Under: article, Black Poets, Books, love poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Poets and Poems: John Latham and “From Professor Murasaki’s Notebooks”

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Sea and sunset John Latham

The poems of “From Professor Murasaki’s Notebooks” by John Latham linger in the mind, and in the heart, long after the reading is done.

Filed Under: article, Blog, love poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Science Poems

Poets and Poems: Dave Malone and “You Know the Ones”

By Glynn Young 17 Comments

Wall textures You Know the Ones Dave Malone

Dave Malone may write about his beloved Missouri Ozarks, but the poems he writes are universal, and about family, friends, and geography.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Geography Love, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

St. Valentine’s Day Story: A Girl, a Priest, and a Letter

By Glynn Young 10 Comments

Rose St Valentine's Day

St. Valentine’s Day may be a huge industry today, but it started with an imprisoned priest, a young girl, and a letter in ancient Rome.

Filed Under: article, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, Poets, Valentine's Day

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