Love Poems

. Aubade at Seven AM The years have fled, and time so swiftly flees,since that brief hour when you and...

. For Liza Am I Westward Bound _The year was 1868, __The place—Old King James’ town, _Young John was by...

. Cardinals The cardinal is my favorite bird.They mate for life, or so I’ve heard.You hear them sing antiphonally—it’s like...

. Six Bitter were the crimson seeds, Beautiful they were to me, Sparkling like ruby beads, In his palm of...

. I Would Say Yes ---a villanelle for Larry on our 36th Anniversary We were young and rather stupid then,...

. . . Steve Cooper is a retired professional career counselor. He lives near Salem, Oregon. He has one traditionally...

. My Fairytale You could be my Cinderella _I danced with at the ball. You’re the one I’m looking for...

. Since You’ve Been at My Side ---a villanelle Embraced by love, since you’ve been at my sideI’ve found the...

. A Waltz of Longing In the heat of the day, we begin With a glance and a breath, cheek...

. Wedding Night by Christine de Pisan (1364--c. 1430)translated by Margaret Coats A sweet supremacy marks marriage;I prove it from...

. Size Lies Clothing manufacturers are fond of tricks today, Making female customers feel good in one slick way--- Whatever...

. Eternity If I could give her just one gift, What would she want that gift to be? Would she...

. A Faithful Friend's Advice The girl you have is just the one for you— my head could not conceive...

. Riverside Breeze ___How beautiful you look __Browsing the flowers one by one _While lying down along the babbling brook;...

. High Society The Cornelius mansion on Park Avenue, New York City, Sunday, August 22, 1886 A derby hat; a...

. The Ballad of Shamus Well, Shamus were a likely lad wid a good well-meanin’ ‘eart As strong as O’Malley’s...

. The Four Seasons . Spring I Amidst the cloudless sky and crimson dawn Comes bursting forth the bluebird’s orange...

. The Tundra Swan Its full and light and interfolding feathers __Number ten thousand plus, No wonder that the tundra...

. Beyond All Words Can words alone, in skill-scribed shape or form— Inspired by muse or writ with feathered plume—...

. Pumpkin Spice The scent of Autumn lingers in the air With hints of ginger, cinnamon, and clove; At 42nd...

. Gossiping Hinges Some think we hinges only squeak __because we seek __an oily drop __to make us stop, but...

. Enamoured String me a strand of pure white pearls supernal, Warming my throat as quivering fingers do, Roughened but...

. . Der Knecht An einem Teich in einem Tal, am Felsenfuß entlang, Da steht ein Mädchen ohne Schal, als...

. Mistaken Identity I never really found out who you are, I only saw what I preferred to see. I...

. Aged Elation When reaching that age where you fear getting slow, The advent of faculties starting to go, It’s...

. How Did You Woo Me? Let Me Count the Way You didn’t sweep in on a snowy steedClad in...

. My Pensive Valentine Devout Love is not in the offered sweet, nor does Love proclaim in the proffered rose,...

. Lines for Your Valentines Without you here, my life is like A broken pencil, simply pointless. And if you...

. The Great Rub-off Norm and Zip, in mismatched chairs, __were sipping tea and talking, when Desi, their loyal hound,...

. Libra There in my hand I held a crystal vial Of distillation potent, red, and sweet, By which my...

. True Love On a hill far away, a true love waits, In a place of weathered, broken gates. And...

. To Her Ghost: a Sequence from Orpheus Looks Back ---in memoriam Emily Desire Gaynor Rothman, 1964-2020 . 1. Breaking...

. Death Is But a Passing A death is but a passing from one world into another, A change of...

. Imitating Shakespeare’s Sonnet 107 . Sonnet 107 __by William Shakespeare Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul Of...

. Telepathy Your reticence to speak is no deterrent To my delight to be in your vicinity--- Presence and chatter...

. In a Twenty-minute Tuk-tuk Ride That day, the river of our luck had dried. No taxis. Air-conditioned buses crammed...

. Madrigal à la Tasso The surface of the lake reflects the flight _Of one and then another swan; _How...

. The Force of Dreams I dreamed of you last night.  I dreamed and dreamed, Yet more, as if there...

. Catullus XI Furius and Aurelius, my two friends, Whether I go to farthest India, The shore by ever-pounding Eastern...

. Coupled in Rhyme She sees me better than I do, so in her sight I strive to be worthy...