Valentines Not Found on Greeting Cards

An early Valentine's Day greeting (in case you need some lines for that card) via poets.org. 
Valentines and poets have a long history of being used as words of love to send to others.
Some classical, some modern, some love, some passion and even strong friendships.Not your greeting card Valentines.

�My Heart� by Kim Addonizio
�This Much and More� by Djuna Barnes
�The Love-Hat Relationship� by Aaron Belz
�Verge� by Mark Doty
�Invitation to Love� by Paul Laurence Dunbar
�The Ecstasy� by Phillip Lopate
�What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why (Sonnet XLIII)� by Edna St. Vincent Millay
�How to Love� by January Gill O�Neil
�Let me not to the marriage of true minds (Sonnet 116)� by William Shakespeare
�poem I wrote sitting across the table from you� by Kevin Varrone
�A Love Song� by William Carlos Williams

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...