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Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (Sonnet 18)

October 3, 2013 By PoetryGirl

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate; Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date; Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime . . .

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Filed Under: 1500's, Love Poems, Love Poetry, Shakespeare Poems, Sonnets Tagged With: best love poetry, love poems, love poetry, william shakespeare, william shakespeare poem

After Love

September 24, 2013 By PoetryGirl

There is no magic any more, We meet as other people do, You work no miracle for me Nor I for you. You were the wind and I the sea— There is no splendor any more, I have grown listless as the pool Beside the shore. But though the pool is safe from storm And from the tide has found . . .

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Filed Under: Early 1900's, Lost Love, Love Poems, Love Poetry, Sara Teasdale Tagged With: best love poetry, love poems, love poetry, Sara Teasdale, sara teasdale poem

A Love Song

September 19, 2013 By PoetryGirl

What have I to say to you When we shall meet? Yet— I lie here thinking of you. The stain of love Is upon the world. Yellow, yellow, yellow, It eats into the leaves, Smears with saffron The horned branches that lean Heavily Against a smooth purple sky. There is no light— Only a . . .

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Filed Under: Early 1900's, Love Poems, Love Poetry, William Carlos Williams Tagged With: best love poetry, love poems, love poetry, william carlos williams, william carlos williams poem

In a Boat

September 12, 2013 By PoetryGirl

See the stars, love, In the water much clearer and brighter Than those above us, and whiter, Like nenuphars. Star-shadows shine, love, How many stars in your bowl? How many shadows in your soul, Only mine, love, mine? When I move the oars, love, See how the stars are tossed, Distorted, . . .

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Filed Under: D. H. Lawrence, Early 1900's, Love Poems, Love Poetry Tagged With: best love poetry, D. H. Lawrence, D. H. Lawrence poem, love poems, love poetry

A Lover

September 5, 2013 By PoetryGirl

If I could catch the green lantern of the firefly I could see to write you a letter. —Amy Lowell Check out Funny Love Songs Check out Romantic Love Songs . . .

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Filed Under: Amy Lowell, Dating, Early 1900's, Friendship, Love Poems, Love Poetry Tagged With: amy lowell, amy lowell poem, best love poetry, love poems, love poetry

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