Love is always in the air, but when it comes to Valentine’s Day, it becomes extra special. It seems that Valentine’s Day has been forced to become a holiday by giving out greeting cards, flowers, pieces of jewelry, and other gifts.
The truth is that love doesn’t need to have any material things when love is given. Sometimes, a simple love letter or a poem can mean all the world to your loved one.
Just like true love, a letter can prove its own value to recognize the purpose of your love.
To help you get inspired during this Valentine’s Day, here are the best poems to put an added dose of spark in your romance.

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1. “My Promise” by Dan P. Brown
If you were my rose, then I’d be your sun,
painting you rainbows when the rains come.
I’d change my orbit to banish the night,
as to keep you in my nurturing light.
If you were my world, then I’d be your moon,
your silent protector, a night-light in the gloom.
Our fates intertwined, two bodies in motion
through time and space, our dance of devotion.
If you were my island, then I’d be your sea,
caressing your shores, soft and gentle I’d be.
My tidal embrace would leave gifts on your sands,
but by current and storm, I’d ward your gentle lands.
If you were love’s promise, then I would be time,
your constant companion till stars align.
And though we are mere mortals, true love is divine,
and my devotion eternal, to my one valentine.
2. “Recreation” by Audre Lorde
Coming together
it is easier to work
after our bodies meet
paper and pen
neither care nor profit
whether we write or not
but as your body moves
under my hands
charged and waiting
we cut the leash
you create me against your thighs
hilly with images
moving through our word countries
my body
writes into your flesh
the poem
you make of me.
Touching you I catch midnight
as moon fires set in my throat
I love you flesh into blossom
I made you
and take you made
into me.
3. “We Belong to One Another” by Joydip Dutt
We belong to one another, like the body and soul.
You make me complete; you make me whole.
How much I love you is beyond any measure.
You are my wealth, you’re the one I truly treasure.
We belong to one another, like the earth and the moon.
You are an answer to my prayers, you came as a boon.
How do I say what joy you bring and how much pleasure?
No one can discern it because it’s beyond any measure.
We belong to one another, like the waves and the sea,
Because I am a part of you, and you are a part of me.
I now understand what it means to deeply care,
And I know true love is hard to find as it’s indeed rare.
We belong to one another; this is how it is meant to be,
Because how else can I define our love logically.
I cannot describe how wonderful I feel,
But I know true love has the power to heal.
When love is so true and love is so pure,
There can’t be heartache, for love is the cure.
And on this Valentine’s Day, on this day of love,
I give this poem to the one I am so thankful of!
4. “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.
I love thee to the level of every day’s
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love with a passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints,—I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life!—and, if God choose,
5. “Eternal Emotion” by Mason C. Ford
As long as the birds are singing,
As long as the fish can swim,
As long as the sun keeps shining,
I will love you in the bright or dim.
As long as the wind keeps blowing,
As long as the ocean waves,
As long as the stars are shimmering,
You will have my heart enslaved.
As long as time keeps flowing,
As long as the sky is blue,
As long as planets are spinning,
My love will forever be with you.
6. “Close Close All Night” by Elizabeth Bishop
Close close all night
the lovers keep.
They turn together
in their sleep,
Close as two papers
in a book
that read each other
in the dark.
Each knows all
the other knows,
learnt by heart
from head to toes.
7. “My Valentine Girl” by Dane Lee
I want to give a special Valentine to you,
And I think I’m crushing, if you only knew.
Each day I feel like I’m floating on an endless cloud,
A weightless feather, a soft melodious sound.
As I look into your eyes, your beauty engulfs me.
I feel like I’m flying, soaring, sailing free.
I don’t have things to give, like diamonds or pearls,
But all I want to do is make you my girl.
Happy Valentine’s Day to you, and I must have to say,
That you are the girl that just makes my day!
You’re so sweet, and gorgeous, I never want to part
‘Cause you’re the one that had stolen my heart.
8. “Come Slowly, Eden” by Emily Dickinson
Come slowly, Eden
Lips unused to thee.
Bashful, sip thy jasmines,
As the fainting bee,
Reaching late his flower,
Round her chamber hums,
Counts his nectars—alights,
And is lost in balms
9. “My First, My Last, My Valentine” by Sokea Meas
I’ve never imagined that there can be this day.
A day that love will find its way
Out of my heart and into your soul.
These feelings I have are beyond my control.
All my life I have waited patiently
For a goddess like you, so beautiful, so lovely.
Words can’t express the way I feel.
These feelings toward you are all for real.
You are the reason why I go on.
Eternity can’t separate this special bond.
This heart of mine is reserved for you.
Forever it is yours; this love is true.
I’ll be your first and you’ll be my last.
My world, my everything, till my time has passed.
I will always love you until the end of time.
MY LOVE, MY SWEETHEART, MY VALENTINE!
10. “I Wanna Be Yours” by John Cooper Clarke
I wanna be your vacuum cleaner
breathing in your dust
I wanna be your Ford Cortina
I will never rust
If you like your coffee hot
let me be your coffee pot
You call the shots
I wanna be yours
I wanna be your raincoat
for those frequent rainy days
I wanna be your dreamboat
when you want to sail away
Let me be your teddy bear
take me with you anywhere
I don’t care
I wanna be yours
I wanna be your electric meter
I will not run out
I wanna be the electric heater
you’ll get cold without
I wanna be your setting lotion
hold your hair in deep devotion
Deep as the deep Atlantic ocean
that’s how deep is my devotion
11. “You Are” by Genny R. Tajalle
As we watch the sun go down,
I want to let you know,
my love for you is forever;
I’ll never let you go.
You’re the one I’ve been searching for,
the one I’ve finally found;
without you in my life,
my world wouldn’t go round.
The love you bring into my heart,
which is so true and kind,
is something in no other
I could truly find.
You’re the only one for me.
God tells me so
deep within my heart, mind, body and soul.
Today isn’t just an ordinary Valentine’s Day.
It’s all about me and you,
about the love we share,
and how it will forever continue to grow.
It’s not all about the chocolates or the dozen roses;
it’s about the love we found,
how much we’ve been blessed.
Everything happens for a reason.
I believe this statement is true;
that’s why you were sent to me
and I was sent to you.
I’ve never been more happy,
as I’ve been with you.
Even through the rough times,
we always make it through;
To be with you for eternity
is all I want for me and you.
All I want to say,
on our very first Valentine’s Day, is:
I may not be your first love,
but I promise, with all my heart,
that I will be that one from up above,
your one and only, true love!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
12. “I Will Always Love You” by Richard M. Deets
I desire you when splinters of light appear
And the dew lazily joins morning sky.
When arias, pining birds to mates sing,
I want the soothing softness of your kiss.
I desire you when the sun centers the sky
And shadows hide beneath the soles of feet.
When butterflies dance among petals white,
I want the sparkle of your smiling eyes.
I desire you as the moon welcomes the night
And skies are flooded with twinkling bright stars.
When candles flicker their last silent breath,
I then want to feel your sensuous touch.
I desire you when passion swells all your soul
And your lovely face shines with radiance.
When your moist lips are full of love’s desire,
I want to feel every pulse of your heart.
I desire you when you are weary and down
And gray skies sprinkle droplets of sad tears.
When the world laughs at your every stumble,
I want to gently sooth your sorrows.
I desire you my love in every moment.
As time adds years like sands on the beach,
When you sense your beauty slipping to the wind,
I will want you so much more than now.
13. “Passing Time” by Maya Angelou
Your skin like dawn
Mine like musk
One paints the beginning
of a certain end.
The other, the end of a
sure beginning.
14. “A Lover’s Poem” by Quinetta Hawkins
I never knew love until I found you.
Always thought it was a myth until you showed me it was true.
A fairytale story that I thought would never come true,
But all that changed when I ran into you.
Never in a million years would I turn back the hands of time.
Even through all the heartaches and break-ups,
I manage to find a path that led my way to you.
Never thought true love existed until I found you,
And I hope you feel the same.
I see it in your eyes, and everyone knows the eyes don’t lie.
We have our ups and downs, but our love remains the same.
Never will I curse love because I found the true meaning.
15. “Love” by Nicole M. Nugent
Sublime cool breezes
Relieve, hot sultry moments.
Wax and wanes against the tide
Forgive, under soft moonlight.
Passes over us like a storm
Feel the pause of exhilaration.
Moving ripples in the stream
Hope, in the shallows of darkness.
Splendour of raindrops
Listen, to the moments lost.
Perpetuates plunge from the Jetty
Nurture, the joy of faith.
Plummet into the Abyss
Breathe, the rise and fall of emotion.
16. “If I Could, I Would” by Beryl L. Edmonds
If I were an Artist, I’d paint pictures of you
Upon a canvas in lovely colourful hue.
If I were a Singer, I would sing you a song,
A beautiful melody to last you lifelong.
If I were an Actress, a starlet of the stage,
I’d play my part with finesse just for you always.
If I were a Dancer, I’d dance all through the night,
Just to be in your loving arms, holding me tight.
If I were a Poet, I’d write you a sonnet
With love and romance upon every line of it.
If I were an Author, I’d write our love story
That would light up the world with star-like bright glory.
If I were a Chef, I’d prepare a tasty meal,
A Valentine’s special for my beau ideal.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
17. “Love” by Roy Croft
I love you
Not only for what you are,
But for what I am
When I am with you.
I love you,
Not only for what
You have made of yourself,
But for what
You are making of me.
I love you
For the part of me
That you bring out;
I love you
For putting your hand
Into my heaped-up heart
And passing over
All the foolish, weak things
That you can’t help
Dimly seeing there,
And for drawing out Into the light
All the beautiful belongings
That no one else had looked
Quite far enough to find
I love you because you
Are helping me to make
Of the lumber of my life
Not a tavern
But a temple.
Out of the works
Of my every day
Not a reproach
But a song.
I love you
Because you have done
More than any creed
Could have done
To make me good.
And more than any fate
Could have done
To make me happy.
You have done it
Without a touch,
Without a word,
Without a sign.
You have done it
By being yourself.
Perhaps that is what
Being a friend means,
After all.
18. “Imagine” by Apurva
I imagine.
When I do,
I can only think of you.
How your smile spreads to your eyes,
Making me want to live in the moment forever.
I imagine
That we walk on paths,
Unknown to us,
Filled with fear and excitement,
Winding with happiness that is constant.
I imagine
That we see the dawn,
Bursting with resplendent hues,
And birds soaring in the sky,
Inviting us to hum along.
I imagine
That we break rules,
Do things our own way,
Travel the world,
To leave our traces.
I imagine
A cold winter night
In your arms,
Watching the snow,
Sitting at the window.
I imagine
The story of us
Has no end
Or beginning
But continues like the universe.
I imagine
I could fill your heart
With all my love,
So that we know a love,
Mysterious to this world.
I imagine
And wonder
What you would imagine,
With a smile extending to my eyes.
19. “Those Who Love” by Sara Teasdale
Those who love the most,
Do not talk of their love,
Francesca, Guinevere,
Deirdre, Iseult, Heloise,
In the fragrant gardens of heaven
Are silent, or speak if at all
Of fragile inconsequent things.
And a woman I used to know
Who loved one man from her youth,
Against the strength of the fates
Fighting in somber pride
Never spoke of this thing,
But hearing his name by chance,
20. “Beauty of Your Love” by Joydip Dutt
You never say you love me
But your silence conveys a lot
Such is the beauty of your love
You never say you adore me
But the way you look at me shows a lot
Such is the beauty of your love
You never say you admire me
But your action proves a lot
Such is the beauty of your love
You never say you care for me
But the way you hold me close tells a lot
Such is the beauty of your love
You never say you cherish me
But your gentle kiss reveals a lot
Such is the beauty of your love
You never say you’ll always be there for me
But the way you hold my hand indicates a lot
Such is the beauty of your love
If you want to show your love to someone who’s special to you, sending them a love letter or a poem will surely get their attention.
They will feel your love for them if you pour your heart out and be sincere with your thoughts. We hope that with the poems, we included above, you will be inspired to write your own poem in the future.
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