As someone who loves reading poems about love, I knew this would be a great topic for me to write about. Don’t get me wrong, I love poems of all kinds but there is something about love poems that I find very intriguing. So, why exactly is love my favorite subject in poetry? Well, it’s because we can write about our deepest emotions that we feel or read about the deepest emotions of others. Love is a powerful thing and can be expressed in ways that others may struggle to put into words. I consider poets that write about love to be romantic souls that may be driven by feelings they have towards someone. Feelings like passion, happiness, sadness, jealousy, and anger (that’s right, we all know love isn’t always sunshine and rainbows). When we are overwhelmed with passion, what’s the easiest way to let it all out? Writing it down. No wonder there are so many love poems; so many people are in love (go figure). Hopefully whoever is reading this enjoys love poems as much as I do because I am now going to show some examples of a few of my favorite love poems.
This poem is called trust fall by Rachel Huckel.
I love this poem because of how she talks about growing up being protective of her heart and not trusting others, which is something that many people can relate to (myself included). But, with love comes risk. Putting yourself out there and being vulnerable is very scary, but the gift of being loved is the main source of happiness in this life. Alfred Tennyson said it best, “Tis’ better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” Very sappy I know, but it’s true.
This is another poem by Rachel Huckel called best before.
I absolutely love this poem. This one is a great example of how love doesn’t always work out. I really admire the way she compared her ex-lover’s eyes to the color of her coffee, and then at the end she says, “I still have my morning coffee, but I have it without you.” WOW, so powerful.
This poem is called Sunrise by Erin Hanson.
I really like this poem because it’s raw and expresses a lot of emotions. My favorite part of this is that the poet was making a point that women should never settle for a man who doesn’t see their worth. This poem has a lot of hidden meaning, and I really liked the ending because she was inferring that this poem was more than just about watching a sunset.
In the end, love is a subject that is greater than any other subject in writing. No matter how different everyone’s paths in life are, we all experience love and heartbreak. Yet, there is nothing more beautiful than falling completely for another human being and pouring out those thoughts and feelings through writing.
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