Love Poems

Before Love, That Jolting Lilt


Before love, that jolting lilt
East of roses, in perturbed darkness,
Missing the eternal circumstance,
Yearning still, again, for that exploratory tilt …
Vainly would I fly into your heart
Afire, burning, consumed, expended.
Love is not an ending; nor does it end
Easily: becomes pith, becomes seed, starts
Needing, kneading, mid-desperation,
The long climb out of loneliness, turning
In hope, in anguish, in foolish expectation.
No two are joined except in painful learning:
Each frightened lesion closed for restoration.
Nicholas Gordon
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wow
Name: andi2005-04-07
i didn't read it, but wow a guy wrote a love poem.
wonderful
Name: JORGE2005-05-14
I AM BLUE AND I'M IN NEED OF A GUY...I'M IN A NEED OF A GUY...I'M IN A NEED OF A GUY...GUY...GUY....THESE POEMS ARE JUST MAGNIFICENT AND TRUELY TOUCHED MY HEART. THANK YOU VERY MUCH...
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Name: lisa2005-05-14
i am a lesbian in nevada and i just loved this poem... i dedicate this poem to my lesbian lover, we've been together for 8 years now and we have two children...thank you fro refreshing our love for eachother again.
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