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 Before I ...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 is lit, ...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