Love Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series), The Erotic Spirit: An Anthology of Poems of Sensuality, Love, and Longing, With A Thousand Kisses: A Collection of Erotic Poetry and Art, "Stallworthy's book of love poetry, ranging across more than twenty centuries of writing about love 'till the stars have run away,' establishes beyond the eye-shadow of a doubt that love is, has been and always will be blind." Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Our 50 Favorite Inspirational Love Quotes For Him Or Her From Famous Writers, Musicians, Movies And More Can Help You Find New Ways To Say I Love You And Express The Powerful Feeling Of … Learn more about our use of cookies: Cookie Policy. If your partner fantasizes about Nicholas Sparks’ movies coming to life, pick “Hopeless Romantic” (and order a dozen red roses for Valentine’s Day). The most famous writers even say the feeling of love can be indescribable. I bought it as a valentines gift for my husband who loves the classics. Last Updated: January 23, 2017. Words don’t come easy for all of us, especially when it comes to matters of the heart. Let me count the ways. She instills grace in every common thing and divinity in every careless gesture.”, “He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and my Sunday rest.”, “The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you.”, “The smell of her hair, the taste of her mouth, the feeling of her skin seemed to have got inside him, or into the air all round him. Learn more about the program. If Ernest Hemingway and Jane Austen have a hard time finding the perfect words to explain love, you deserve a little help. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Milk and Honey, Rupi Kaur’s second book is an inspirational journey of self-discovery, growth and healing. And it was only when I began to feel actual, physical pain every time you left the room that it finally dawned on me: I was in love, for the first time in my life.”, “I know from experience that the poets are right: love is eternal.”, “If it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.”, If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.”, “It has made me better loving you ... it has made me wiser, and easier, and brighter.”, “Love, having no geography, knows no boundaries: weight and sink it deep, no matter, it will rise and find the surface.”, “Love: a single word, a wispy thing, a word no bigger or longer than an edge. Words don’t come easy for all of us, especially when it comes to matters of the heart. Oxford University Press (December 11, 1986), Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2005, A Book of Love Poetry is filled with poems you may have met before in your studies at school or while reading books of poetry. Use our ultimate guide to give a special someone in your life a personalized flower bouquet for their birthday. So many great authors and beautiful poetry. With this book, the poet intends to create a garden of love for our souls, as she portrays the struggle and growth that comes from breaking free of the lie that we are not worthy of love.

I was drawn in by it. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.”, “You don’t love because, you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.”, “Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love.”, “As I got to know you, I began to realise that beauty was the least of your qualities. He absolutely loves it. From the civilization of the Lower Nile to that of the Lower Hudson, more poets have written more convincingly, more poignantly about love than about any other subject. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists.

This She Reads-approved book subscription box will keep you reading all year-long. Divided into five chapters and illustrated by Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers is the book for anyone struggling to balance finding themselves and staying true to their roots. Poetry about loss, love, self-help and relationships, Courtney Peppernell’s short read is the perfect companion to Rupi Kaur’s Milk and Honey. Arranged thematically, beginning with the first drawings of young love and ending with the "long look back" of the aged, and revealing love in all its different aspects and perversities, this anthology demonstrates vividly man's changeless responses to the changing seasons of the heart. One of these items ships sooner than the other. Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2015, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 11, 2015.

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I am a common man with common thoughts and I’ve led a common life. And we are finally home.”, “What I want is to be needed. They also have another important function, linking the history of the past with the prophetic books of the future. Split into three chapters and focusing on both pain and clarity, this book will inspire hope in readers who are in search of a relatable read. There was a problem loading your book clubs. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Use the filters below to pick the level of emotion fitting for your sweatheart. All rights reserved. This bar-code number lets you verify that you're getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center / … Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2019, Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2014, Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2013. Written with rich imagery, Gayle finds details in nature that speaks to both the pain and beauty sowed in our lives. What I need is to be indispensable to somebody.”, “She was more than human to me. As a graduate with an English degree, this is the one book I find myself coming back to time and time again.

“Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end.”, “I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.”, “He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.”, “Whatever our souls are made out of, his and mine are the same...If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.”, “Anyone who has seen her smile has known perfection. Somewhere inside me there’ll always be the person I am tonight.”, “You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.”, “You can find something truly important in an ordinary minute.”, “I like myself better when I’m with you.”, “Love lets you find those hidden places in another person, even the ones they didn’t know were there, even the ones they wouldn’t have thought to call beautiful themselves.”, “This was love: a string of coincidences that gathered significance and became miracles.”, “I love you more than I hate everyone else.”, “You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. You can unsubscribe at any time.

We’ve compiled the best backyard party ideas so you can host a memorable get together for your friends and family. Use the inspiration from some of the most famous poets, playwrights and authors to help you write out the perfect Valentine’s Day card. This diverse collection of work from YouTube sensation “The Gabbie Show,” takes readers through her ascension into adulthood and all the trials and tribulations along the way. Before and after. It seems to disappear every now and then. Through his poetry, he examines love and the beautiful intricacies that come with its many forms and phases. Ask nothing further.”, “I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.”, “It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.”, “I choose him over and over again, and he chooses me.”, “Each time you happen to me all over again.”, “I look at you and I would rather look at you than all the portraits in the world...”, “Why, darling, I don’t live at all when I’m not with you.”, “You could have had anything else in the world, and you asked for me.”, “For the two of us, home isn’t a place. Atticus’ poems embody the complexity of life, with its heart-crushing lows and stunning highs.