| kevin urenda | "lovers"[[http://www.angelfire.com/ky/petposey/rbpilld/lovers.html]] by Richard Brautigan |
| Angel | <html> <body> <center>HOW DO I LOVE THEE</center><br><p> Sonnets from the Portuguese XLIII How do I love thee ? Let me count the ways.<br> I love thee to the depth and breadth and height<br> My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight<br> For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.<br> I love thee to the level of everyday's<br> Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.<br> I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;<br> I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.<br> I love thee with the passion put to use<br> In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.<br> I love thee with a love I seemed to lose<br> With my lost saints,--I love thee with the breath,<br> Smiles, tears, of all my life !--and, if God choose,<br> I shall but love thee better after death.<br> <p> Elizabeth Barrett Browning </body> </html> |
| Misti | Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe |
| sweetness | Misti beat me to it, my favorite is Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe, a close second is Spanish Steps by Rod McKuen. A lot of people say he writes schmaltz, but it is damned romantic schmaltz! |
| Tanqueray Cowboy | Off the top of my head... "O, were I Loved As I Desire To Be" - Tennyson |
| B.K. | Pablo Neruda of course but I can't remember the title. I like the love poems of Rumi too. |
| Mark McNabb | i carry your heart (by e. e. cummings) |
| Rhetoric | This was a hard question. My mood leans me towards different verse, depending on the intensity of the day. I would have to say that on any given day: “Thy Fingers make early flowers” by ee cummings or “Witch-Wife” by Edna Millay would top my list. Witch-Wife isn't a traditional romantic, but the illusiveness of woman is romantic to me. |
| Kirk | Jack Gilbert, "The Forgotten Dialect of the Heart" http://www.loveblender.com/1997september/review.html |
| Max-Rom | The most romantic poem I have read is Sonnet XVII, by the enigmatic Pablo Neruda. It really touches the heartstrings. |