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Monday, February 9, 2015

Love Poems for Valentine's Day



Need some poetic lines (or inspiration) for Valentine's Day?

Try some classic and contemporary love poems from Poets.org.

From "How Do I Love Thee?" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace...

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"How to Love" by January Gill O�Neil

After stepping into the world again,
there is that question of how to love,
how to bundle yourself against the frosted morning�
the crunch of icy grass underfoot, the scrape
of cold wipers along the windshield�
and convert time into distance...







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