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Go Where Love Leads: How To Write Love Poems

Love has a multiplicity, complexity and diversity of expression found in love poems.

"How can I write love poems?" an aspiring love poet might ask.

How to write love poems is a question that true love poets don't really need to ask. They just write. Many of them may prefer not to divulge the "how to write" aspects of their love poetry, because they would rather write love poetry, than write about it.

Here are some simple guidelines on how to write love poems.

1. Focus on the topic of love.

Focusing on the topic of love and only on love is really important, for a poet who aspires to write love poems.

For example, if a poet chooses to write about his or her love for horses, then it is not appropriate to focus on the beauty of the mountains. The beauty of the mountains might fit into the poem somewhere, but the primary focus should be on the love for horses.

2. Portray the fragility of love.

Love is a very fragile commodity that cannot be bought or sold. Everyone needs love. The fragility of love allows room for tenderness, compassion and mercy, which every reader desires to have in his or her life. The moment that a poet opens that doorway, the reader is enticed to read on. It is as if his or her heart finds something that he or she has been wanting, needing, or seeking. Thus portraying the fragility of love, in love poetry, becomes an effective mode of expression and communication.

For example, a piece of poetry entitled "Hungry Child" has the potential of awakening love and all of its future implications, with respect to the reader's love for children everywhere. The inspired reader may then choose to act, according to his or her capacity to love and demonstrate that love in terms of compassion, by feeding hungry children.

3. Manifest the strength of love.

Part of the strength of love, has to do with its inherent power. Love is extremely potent in its own way. Trying to find the best way to express that power can offer a challenge to the love poet. Love can be covered over, but it can never be totally erased. Perhaps that is one of love's secrets and it is what allows love poetry to dimino and stand the test of time. So, when writing love poetry, use imagery that manifests its strengths. The reader will grasp its strengths and cling to them, even as much as he or she clings to life itself, by a lifeline.

For example, consider writing a poem about love and its manifestations from generation to generation. Every person can

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