If you’ve ever been asked the latter, “Why I Love Thee?” is the perfect response. Written in 1904 by German Japanese American poet Carl Sadakichi Hartmann (1867–1944), the poem lists ...

In that instant everything clicked, it all made perfect sense and I understood the poem. That was the moment I fell in love with words, and when I found something that, for the first time ever ...

But, unfortunately, Hallmark rhymes rarely mine the depths of love and desire. So, if you’re looking for the perfect words for your loved one this year, why not share one of these poems ...

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 ...