Friendship Poems

Love Poems

Maybe
by Carl Sandburg Maybe he believes me, maybe not. Maybe I can marry him, maybe not. Maybe the wind on the prairie, The wind on the sea, maybe, Somebody, somewhere, maybe can tell. I will lay my head on his shoulder And when he asks... Continue reading Maybe

Beautiful Dreamer
By Stephen Foster Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me, Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee; Sounds of the rude world heard in the day, Lull'd by the moonlight have all pass'd away! Beautiful dreamer, queen of my song, List while I woo thee with soft... Continue reading Beautiful Dreamer

Love is Friendship
"Love is friendship set on fire." ~~ Unknown... Continue reading Love is Friendship

Sonnet 138
By William Shakespeare When my love swears that she is made of truth I do believe her though I know she lies, That she might think me some untutored youth Unlearned in the world's false subtleties. Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young, Although... Continue reading Sonnet 138

"Jenny Kissed Me"
by Leigh Hunt Jenny kiss'd me when we met, Jumping from the chair she sat in; Time, you thief, who love to get Sweets into your list, put that in! Say I'm weary, say I'm sad, Say that health and wealth have miss'd me, Say... Continue reading "Jenny Kissed Me"

He Is More than a Hero
by Sappho He is more than a hero he is a god in my eyes the man who is allowed to sit beside you -- he who listens intimately to the sweet murmur of your voice, the enticing laughter that makes my own heart beat... Continue reading He Is More than a Hero

Habitation
by Margaret Atwood Marriage is not a house or even a tent it is before that, and colder: The edge of the forest, the edge of the desert the unpainted stairs at the back where we squat outside, eating popcorn where painfully and with wonder... Continue reading Habitation

Gifts
by Juliana Horatia Ewing You ask me what since we must part You shall bring back to me. Bring back a pure and faithful heart As true as mine to thee. You talk of gems from foreign lands, Of treasure, spoil, and prize. Ah love!... Continue reading Gifts

Fulfillment
by William Cavendish There is no happier life But in a wife; The comforts are so sweet When two do meet. 'Tis plenty, peace, a calm Like dropping balm; Love's weather is so fair, Like perfumed air. Each word such pleasure brings Like soft-touched stirrings;... Continue reading Fulfillment

For Jane
by Charles Bukowski 225 days under grass and you know more than I. they have long taken your blood, you are a dry stick in a basket. is this how it works? in this room the hours of love still make shadows. when you left... Continue reading For Jane

Merciless Beauty (Excerpt)
by Geoffrey Chaucer Your eyen two will slay me suddenly; I may the beauty of them not sustain, So woundeth it throughout my hearte keen. And but your word will healen hastily My hearte's wounde, while that it is green, Your eyen two will slay... Continue reading Merciless Beauty (Excerpt)

Echo
by Christina Rossetti Come to me in the silence of the night; Come in the sparkling silence of a dream; Come with soft rounded cheeks and eyes as bright As sunlight on a stream; Come back in tears, O memory, hope, love of finished years.... Continue reading Echo

Decade
by Amy Lowell When you came, you were like red wine and honey, And the taste of you burnt my mouth with its sweetness. Now you are like morning bread, Smooth and pleasant. I hardly taste you at all for I know your savour, But... Continue reading Decade

Celia Celia
by Adrian Mitchell When I am sad an weary, When I think all hope has gone, When I walk along High Holborn I think of you with nothing on... Continue reading Celia Celia

Between Your Sheets
by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Between your sheets you soundly sleep Nor dreams of vigils that we lovers keep While all the night, I waking sign your name, The tender sound does every nerve inflame, Imagination shows me all your charms, The plenteous silken hair,... Continue reading Between Your Sheets

At Last
by Elizabeth Akers Allen At last, when all the summer shine That warmed life's early hours is past, Your loving fingers seek for mine And hold them close--at last--at last! Not oft the robin comes to build Its nest upon the leafless bough By autumn... Continue reading At Last

A Valediction Forbidding Mourning
by John Donne As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say, "Now his breath goes," and some say, "No." So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move... Continue reading A Valediction Forbidding Mourning

A Statue of Eros
by Zenodotos (translated by Peter Jay) Who carved Love and placed him by this fountain, thinking he could control such fire with water?... Continue reading A Statue of Eros

A Red, Red Rose
by Robert Burns O my Luve 's like a red, red rose That 's newly sprung in June: O my Luve 's like the melodie That's sweetly play'd in tune! As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I: And I... Continue reading A Red, Red Rose