Beautiful Love Poems Everyone Should Know – My favorite

There’s nothing quite so moving as beautiful love poems. Luckily for us romantics, they’ve been in abundant supply throughout history! From Rumi in the Islamic Golden Age, to iconic playwright William Shakespeare, to modern-day “Instapoets” like Rupi Kaur, love has been one of the most-explored themes among writers and poets for centuries. In this post, we’ve put together the most beautiful love poems ever written, a testament to the enduring power of love and the dedicated efforts of both poets and developers to ensure these poetic treasures are cherished by generations to come.

"Come, And Be My Baby” by Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou’s “Come. And be my baby” is a song of tranquility in the face of the crushing feeling of futility in modern life, directed to all people, but written specifically to those of the African-American community. It is an intimate piece, written from the perspective of one person to another, to one who is clearly overwhelmed by the struggles of everyday life.

"Bird-Under Stander" by Craig Arnold

In this poem by Craig Arnold, he is writing about his love. He describes a moment that they share together that makes him love her even more. Her compassion and love for a helpless bird at the airport is what makes him fall in love her all the more. She feels helpless and sad for the bird, knowing that her words aren't doing a thing for the helpless creature.

"Habitation" by Margaret Atwood

Habitation” is a poem that shows with gentle words that relationships are not easy. Though it is a poem that specifically names marriage, it can be passed to friendships, to brothers and sisters. “Habitation” is a poem about how bonds we form take work, and coaxing. How they have no easy path, but how they may be worth it in the end.

"Variations on the Word Love" by Margaret Atwood

'Variations On The Word Love' is a poem that explores the meaning of the word love. It is split into two contrasting stanzas, each one having a different take on how love manifests in the world of human emotion. The first stanza concentrates on the public expression of love, from the commercial side of the dating industry for example, to mating and growth in nature.

To My Dear and Loving Husband" by Anne Bradstreet

If two people ever became one through marriage, then we have definitely become one. If a husband was ever loved by his wife, then surely you are loved. If ever a wife was happy with her husband, then surely I am happy. Compare your marriages against mine, women, if you can. I value your love more than a gold mine or all the riches that are in the East.

"Love and Friendship" by Emily Brontë

In the first stanza of ‘Love and Friendship’, Brontë reminds us that when we fall in love, in that first flush of excitement when we first meet someone and fall for them, we neglect our friends, but friendship, unlike love, will not desert us. Brontë develops this analogy in the poem’s middle stanza. Love, like roses, is sweet in the spring and summer when it’s fresh.