“How Do I Love You” by Mary Oliver
Excerpt: How do I love you?
“Sonnet XVII” by Pablo Neruda
Excerpt: I don’t love you as if you were a rose of salt, topaz, or arrow of carnations that propagate fire: I love you as one loves certain obscure things, secretly, between the shadow and the soul.
“You Came too” by Nikki Giovanni
Excerpt: I came to the crowd seeking friends I came to the crowd seeking love I came to the crowd for understanding I found you
“Pathways” by Rainer Maria Rilke
Excerpt: Understand, I’ll slip quietly away from the noisy crowd when I see the pale stars rising, blooming, over the oaks.
“Beauty That Is Never Old” by James Weldon Johnson
Excerpt: When buffeted and beaten by life’s storms, When by the bitter cares of life oppressed, I want no surer haven than your arms, I want no sweeter heaven than your breast.
“Touched by an Angel” by Maya Angelou
Excerpt: We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life.
“A Moment of Happiness” by Rumi
Excerpt: A moment of happiness, you and I sitting on the verandah, apparently two, but one in soul, you and I. We feel the flowing water of life here, you and I, with the garden’s beauty and the birds singing.
“Love is a Place” by ee cummings
Excerpt: love is a place & through this place of love move (with brightness of peace) all places
“Love Song” by Mary Carolyn Davies
Excerpt: There is a strong wall about me to protect me: It is built of the words you have said to me. There are swords about me to keep me safe: They are the kisses of your lips.
“Habitation” by Margaret Atwood
Excerpt: Marriage is not a house or even a tent it is before that, and colder: What are your favorite short wedding poems? Looking for more poetry recommendations? Read on at: 45 Short Poems to Sneak Into Your Life 58 Beautiful Love Poems to Read Right Now
