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365 Love Poems
A book of 365 classic love poems by some of the greatest poets in history. One for every day of the year. Great love quotes for tweeting!
- GenresPoetry
320 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1993
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January 28, 2020
read on archive many suns ago.... like the Incans and Aztec... worshippers of the sun and gold, i also sungaze..... but yes, this book was quiet flavorful
September 1, 2025
Though this book was published in 1993 it features exactly no poems from EE Cummings, which is frankly stupid for a volume of love poems. It has five by Donne, which is the same amount as Walter Savage Landor. Curious editorial decisions.
It leans hard into Thomas Carew, Thomas Moore, and John Clare, which is to say two guys I don't care even a little about and a guy I'm interested in only because he was crazy much of the time.
Lots of the Rossettis, who are fine if you like that kind of thing, and lots of Anon, who, though she was a woman, is seldom memorable.
My positive takeaways from this volume is that we should keep reading poetry even if most of it is bad. And that Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Shakespeare can still startle you no matter how many times you've seen them. And it will look good on a shelf.
It leans hard into Thomas Carew, Thomas Moore, and John Clare, which is to say two guys I don't care even a little about and a guy I'm interested in only because he was crazy much of the time.
Lots of the Rossettis, who are fine if you like that kind of thing, and lots of Anon, who, though she was a woman, is seldom memorable.
My positive takeaways from this volume is that we should keep reading poetry even if most of it is bad. And that Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Shakespeare can still startle you no matter how many times you've seen them. And it will look good on a shelf.
February 18, 2014
A good collection of classic love poems. The sections are well put-together, and there is a fairly good mix of male and female poets. The only issue I had was the claim that this collection had any 'modern' poetry- it seems like it was a requirement for this collection that all the poems rhyme, which for the great love poems in English seemed to limit to far more classic poets than contemporary ones. As a collection of classic love poems however, it was a smooth and calm read that warmed my heart.
May 10, 2008
This just is a nice compilation of love poems. I am a sucker for those.
May 1, 2014
Lovely compilation of some classical love poems.
May 23, 2008
All about "Passion"!!!
ME Quema!!!
ME Quema!!!
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