Conrad Geller

People are always asking “What are the best love poems?” or “Where
can I find something beautiful to say to the woman I love?” or “…to the
man I love?”
If you are looking for love poems in more modern language, you will
probably find the 10 Best Love Poems of 2021 useful. If you like a more
classical style, well, here I am again, unbowed by the heartfelt,
sometimes urgent suggestions for altering my recent “10 Greatest Poems
about Death.” This time I choose a topic—love—less grim if equally
compelling. These should quench your thirst for the best love poems, but
don’t take these as some kind of how-to manual in your relationship.
Like death, love seems to be something most poets know little about; for
evidence, see their biographies. The poems I have chosen this time cover
the full spectrum of responses to love, from joy to anguish, and
sometimes a mixture of both. As befits the topic this time, the list is a bit
heavy on Romantics and light on those rational Enlightenment types.
Here, with a few comments and no apologies, is the list:
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