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Finding the Perfect Poem for Valentines Day

 

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New York, NY (January 31, 2018)—In the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day, more than one million individuals will visit Poets.org, the website produced by the Academy of American Poets, in search of the perfect way to express affection and devotion to their friends and beloveds. 

 

Poets, whose power is in part to translate great emotions into memorable language, have always written about love,” said Jennifer Benka, executive director of the Academy. “And on the occasion dedicated to celebrating the bonds between us, there’s not a better gift than a love poem.” 

 

In 2017, the top love poems shared on Valentine’s Day from Poets.org were “How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day by William Shakespeare, but Poets.org features thousands of poems that address love by both classic and contemporary poets, such as the poem “Poem Number Two on Bell’s Theorem, or The New Physicality of Long Distance Love” by June Jordan, which reads in its entirety:

 

There is no chance that we will fall apart
There is no chance
There are no parts.

 

Here are twenty more love poems on the subject of love— from budding romance to long-lasting relationships—selected by the Academy of American Poets:

 

Love Comes Quietly by Robert Creeley

somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond by E. E. Cummings

These Hands, If Not Gods by Natalie Diaz

Heart to Heart by Rita Dove

Scaffolding by Seamus Heaney

Song Out Here by Juan Felipe Herrera

Happy first anniversary (in anticipation of your thirty ninth) by Bob Hicok

“For What Binds Us by Jane Hirshfield

The Awakening by James Weldon Johnson

Holding Pattern by Timothy Liu

“syntax” by Maureen McLane

San Antonio by Naomi Shihab Nye

Twenty-One Love Poems [Poem II] by Adrienne Rich

What Was Told, That by Rumi

In Each Look Our Years by Edwin Torres

poem I wrote sitting across the table from you by Kevin Varrone

Beside You on Main Street by Jilllian Weise

Imaginary Morning Glory by C. D. Wright

Ditty by Kevin Young

Blue Vase by Cynthia Zarin

 

Importantly, unlike other poetry sites, all poems on Poets.org are published with the permission of the poet and have been reviewed by an editorial team. 

 

About the Academy of American Poets 

Founded in 1934, the Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. The organization produces Poets.org, the world’s largest publicly funded website for poets and poetry; National Poetry Month; the popular Poem-a-Day series; American Poets magazine; Teach This Poem and other resources for K-12 educators; and an annual series of poetryreadings and special events. The organization also coordinates the work of a national poetry coalition working together to promote the value poets bring to our culture and the important contribution poetry makes in the lives of people of all ages and backgrounds.