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Well, haven’t I had some wonderful suggestions for this series of love poems for St Valentine’s Day and beyond? Donne, Auden and now Yeats. This one, I have to admit, is one that I have loved since my teens, with that vain hope that one day…
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Love Poems You Wish You Had Written #3–Thursday Edition with Carol Ann Duffy
Thanks to Suzie Grogan, alias Keatsbabe, we’ve started again in the memorable tradition of 2013, posting Love Poems You Wish You Had Written. But now it’s Thursday and I just cannot help but adhere to a more recent tradition here on the Dad Poet, the Thursday Love Poem! Now, it’s been a while since our…
Love Poems You Wish You had Written, Elizabeth Bishop
Suzie has published her second Valentine poem of the week, a lovely and human piece by W. H. Auden, called “Lullaby.” The deal this year is that we are posting requests, but I will tell you up front that this one was requested by nobody but me. It’s one of my favorite poems of all…
Love Poems You Wish You Had Written #1–“Aimless Love,” by Billy Collins
It was two years ago that Suzie Grogan and I played a game of tennis with posts about the love poems we wish we had written, and yet, romantically perhaps, it seems a lifetime ago. Please pardon the cliché! Well, Suzie is at it again on No More Wriggling Out of Writing, and I’m going…
Love poems you wish you had written 2015 – #1 John Donne
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Last year I followed the example of the fabulous David J Bauman over at The Dad Poet and posted some of my favourite love poetry. I had a great time rediscovering some old favourites and finding new work that moved me; poetry that really had the power…
Love Poems You Wish You Had Written #5: More E. E. Cummings
Well, here we are. Officially by the almighty clock we have arrived on Cupid’s wings at the big V.D. Happy Valentine’s day, my lovelies. I have been recording a few little short love poems tonight that I will try to post tomorrow, well later today, but to me it’s not tomorrow until after I wake…
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