On Love: A Selection of Famous Love Poems & Love Letters

by Rosemary Gray

Slightly off-mint

Genres: Poetry

Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Killian MacDonald · Rating 4 out of 5]

While some of the poems lost me with their ye olde language, I ploughed through and found some real beauties.

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

I only really liked 7/99 poems and letters, but man did those seven make me weep. And the cover paintings are absolutely stunning.





Vase of Flowers by Jan van Huysum

[Curtis · Rating 4 out of 5]

I, fittingly, fell in love with this anthology. It’s rife with classical love poems and authors winding their way through the landscape of lovelessness and longing. My favourite section was the letters. Having not read biographical letters before, the intimacy and rawness of the writing captivated me, and I found it blinding in how truly poetic real love is. Particularly, I loved the Oscar Wilde queer sections, especially the surprising volta in the finale of the book. A Valentine’s read that made me mildly lonelier, but it’s ok, the writing was good.