{"id":25404,"date":"2019-01-21T10:27:46","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T18:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gifts.com\/blog\/?p=25404"},"modified":"2019-08-09T12:35:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T19:35:57","slug":"valentines-day-poems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gifts.com\/blog\/valentines-day-poems","title":{"rendered":"36 Valentine\u2019s Day Poems for a Perfect Message"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to Valentine\u2019s Day, there are a handful of romantic gifts<\/a> and gestures that are classics. A bouquet of flowers, <\/span>box of chocolates<\/span><\/a> and a candlelit dinner are some of the first things that come to mind when you think of a perfect evening on February 14th.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s likely that you and your significant other will exchange cards that express just how much you truly love each other. While it can be easy to pick up a generic greeting card, try opting for a more personalized and romantic message this year. We\u2019ve gathered some of the best Valentine\u2019s Day poems that you can write within your note for the ultimate loving message.<\/span><\/p>\n

Romantic and classic poems<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Poetry is one of the most beautiful ways to express your emotions. Don\u2019t worry if you\u2019re not a professional writer \u2014 try featuring lines from some of these romantic poems. They will be sure to melt your loved one\u2019s heart. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHow Do I Love Thee?\u201d (Sonnet 43) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning<\/span><\/h3>\n

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.<\/em><\/p>\n

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height<\/em><\/p>\n

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight<\/em><\/p>\n

For the ends of being and ideal grace.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI Never Knew\u201d by Joanna Fuchs<\/h3>\n

I never knew about happiness;<\/em><\/p>\n

I didn’t think dreams came true;<\/em><\/p>\n

I couldn’t really believe in love,<\/em><\/p>\n

Until I finally met you.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cShe Walks In Beauty\u201d by Lord Byron<\/h3>\n

\u201cShe walks in beauty, like the night<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Of cloudless climes and starry skies;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

And all that\u2019s best of dark and bright<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Meet in her aspect and her eyes\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cAnnabel Lee\u201d by Edgar Allan Poe<\/h3>\n

“But our love it was stronger by far than the love<\/em><\/p>\n

Of those who were older than we —<\/em><\/p>\n

Of many far wiser than we —<\/em><\/p>\n

And neither the angels in Heaven above<\/em><\/p>\n

Nor the demons down under the sea<\/em><\/p>\n

Can ever dissever my soul from the soul<\/em><\/p>\n

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cShall I Compare Thee\u201d (Sonnet 18) by William Shakespeare<\/h3>\n

\u201cShall I compare thee to a summer\u2019s day?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Thou art more lovely and more temperate\u2026\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“A Red, Red Rose\u201d by Robert Burns<\/span><\/h3>\n

“O my Luve is like a red, red rose<\/em><\/p>\n

That’s newly sprung in June;<\/em><\/p>\n

O my Luve is like the melody <\/em><\/p>\n

That’s sweetly played in tune.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cFast Anchor\u2019d Eternal O Love!\u201d by Walt Whitman<\/span><\/h3>\n
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“Fast anchor’d eternal O love! O woman I love! O bride! O wife! more resistless than I can tell, the thought of you!”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cTo My Dear and Loving Husband\u201d by Anne Bradstreet<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u201cIf ever two were one, then surely we.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

If ever man were loved by wife, then thee;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

If ever wife was happy in a man,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Compare with me ye women if you can.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe Passionate Shepherd to His Love\u201d by Christopher Marlowe<\/span><\/h3>\n

“Come live with me and be my love,<\/em><\/p>\n

And we will all the pleasures prove,<\/em><\/p>\n

That Valleys, groves, hills, and fields,<\/em><\/p>\n

Woods, or steepy mountain yields.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cLove\u2019s Philosophy\u201d by Percy Bysshe Shelley<\/span><\/h3>\n

“Nothing in the world is single;<\/em><\/p>\n

All things by a law\u00a0<\/em>Divine<\/em><\/p>\n

In one spirit meet and mingle.<\/em><\/p>\n

Why not I with thine?”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe Good-Morrow\u201d by John Donne<\/span><\/h3>\n

“And now good-morrow to our waking souls,<\/em><\/p>\n

Which watch not one another out of fear;<\/em><\/p>\n

For love, al love of other sights controls,<\/em><\/p>\n

And makes one little room an everywhere.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cBecause She Would Ask Me Why I Loved Her\u201d by Christopher Brennan<\/h3>\n

“Then seek not, sweet, the “if” and “why”<\/em><\/p>\n

I love you now until I die.<\/em><\/p>\n

For I must love because I live<\/em><\/p>\n

And life in me is what you give.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cTo Celia\u201d by Ben Jonson<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u201c<\/span>Drink to me only with thine eyes,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

And I will pledge with mine;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Or leave a kiss but in the cup,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

And I\u2019ll not look for wine\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThat I did always love\u201d by Emily Dickinson<\/span><\/h3>\n

“That I did always love<\/em><\/p>\n

I bring thee proof<\/em><\/p>\n

That till I loved I never lived”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cTo My Valentine\u201d by Ogden Nash<\/span><\/h3>\n

“I love you more than a duck can swim,<\/em><\/p>\n

And more than a grapefruit squirts,<\/em><\/p>\n

I love you more than a gin rummy is a bore,<\/em><\/p>\n

And more than a toothache hurts.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cTouched by an Angel\u201d by Maya Angelou<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u201c<\/span>And suddenly we see that love costs all we are and will ever be.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Yet it is only love which sets us free\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Long distance love poems<\/span><\/h2>\n

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If you can\u2019t be with your sweetheart this Valentine\u2019s Day, it will be of extra importance to find exactly the right words to describe how much you love and miss them. These poems are the perfect way to express your feelings! <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDear One Absent This Long While\u201d by Lisa Olstein<\/span><\/h3>\n

“I thought one night it was you at the base of the river,<\/em><\/p>\n

you at the foot of the stairs,<\/em><\/p>\n

you in a shiver of light,<\/em><\/p>\n

but each time leaves in wind revealed themselves…”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWhen I See You Again\u201d by Sterling Seitz<\/span><\/h3>\n

“When I see you again, time will have seemed to stop,<\/em><\/p>\n

thinking only of the future and what it holds.<\/em><\/p>\n

When I see you again, it can’t come soon enough for it seems like forever.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201c4000 Miles\u201d by Lang Leav <\/span><\/h3>\n

\u201cThe lines stitched into highways;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

the never-ending seams, on roads that are less travelled,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

dividing you and me.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201ci carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)\u201d by e.e. cummings <\/span><\/h3>\n

\u201ci carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

i am never without it (anywhere i go you go, my dear;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling)<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe First Day\u201d by Christina Rossetti<\/span><\/h3>\n

“It seemed to mean so little, meant so much;<\/em><\/p>\n

If only now I could recall that touch,<\/em><\/p>\n

First touch of hand in hand — Did one but know!”\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cA Memory\u201d by Lola Ridge<\/span><\/h3>\n

“I remember<\/em><\/p>\n

The crackle of the palm trees<\/em><\/p>\n

Over the mooned white roofs of the town…<\/em><\/p>\n

The shining town…<\/em><\/p>\n

And the tender fumbling of the surf<\/em><\/p>\n

On the sulphur-yellow beaches<\/em><\/p>\n

As we sat…”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cUnending Love\u201d by Rabindranath Tagore <\/span><\/h3>\n

\u201cWe have played alongside millions of lovers, shared in the same<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Shy sweetness of meeting, the same distressful tears of farewell –<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Old love but in shapes that renew and renew forever\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Books of love poems<\/span><\/h2>\n

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If you can\u2019t find just one poem that helps you describe how you feel, try a book of poetry instead! These pages are filled with loving verses and make for a perfect gift to accompany a beautiful bouquet of flowers or box of chocolates.<\/span><\/p>\n