Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me. This sonnet from English poet John Donne (1571–1631) isn’t a conventional love poem but rather a love poem dedicated to God. On the surface, the narrator ...

Her poem Variations on the Word Love discusses many forms of love, but ultimately, for me, it is a reminder of the awesome power of that emotion. She speaks of how the word "love" - only four ...

In one of the most famous love poems of all time, Burns goes all out to express the wonder of love: It’s beautiful like a flower, it’s sweet like music, it’s deep as the sea. And Burns isn ...