Love can be an intoxicating experience, and what better way to celebrate it than through the power of poetry?
Here are 10 small love poems that capture the essence of romance and longing, perfect for those love-struck moments.
Each poem is a gem, crafted to stir your emotions and resonate with your heart, making you feel cherished and understood.
Let’s dive in!
My favorite small love poems for love-struck women
#1 “The Mysterious Key And What It Opened (fragment)” by Louisa May Alcott
Love comes to all soon or late,
And maketh gay or sad;
For every bird will find its mate,
And every lass a lad
This poem resonates with me because it captures the universal truth of love.
The line “Love comes to all soon or late” reminds us that everyone experiences love, whether joyfully or sadly.
I chose this as my top pick because it beautifully illustrates how love is a journey we all share, making it relatable for every woman who dreams of romance.
9 more small love poems for love-struck women
#2 “Song” by Ezra Pound
Love thou thy dream
All base love scorning,
Love thou the wind
And here take warning
That dreams alone can truly be,
For ’tis in dream I come to thee.
#3 “Alba” by Ezra Pound
As cool as the pale wet leaves
of lily-of-the-valley
She lay beside me in the dawn.
#4 “At Night” by Sara Teasdale
Love said, “Wake still and think of me,”
Sleep, “Close your eyes till break of day,”
But Dreams came by and smilingly
Gave both to Love and Sleep their way.
#5 “Old Wine” by Margaret Widdemer
If I could lift
My heart but high enough
My heart could fill with love:
But ah, my heart
Too still and heavy stays
Too brimming with old days.
#6 “A Lover’s Journey” by Rudyard Kipling
When a lover hies abroad
Looking for his love,
Azrael smiling sheathes his sword,
Heaven smiles above.
Earth and sea
His servants be,
And to lesser compass round,
That his love be sooner found!
#7 “A Short Hymn To Venus” by Robert Herrick
Goddess, I do love a girl,
Ruby-lipp’d and tooth’d with pearl;
If so be I may but prove
Lucky in this maid I love,
I will promise there shall be
Myrtles offer’d up to thee.
#8 “Proud of My Broken Heart” by Emily Dickinson
Proud of my broken heart, since thou didst break it,
Proud of the pain I did not feel till thee,
Proud of my night, since thou with moons dost slake it,
Not to partake thy passion, my humility.
#9 “The Sea of Glass” by Ezra Pound
I looked and saw a sea
roofed over with rainbows,
In the midst of each
two lovers met and departed;
Then the sky was full of faces
with gold glories behind them.
#10 “Ebb” by Edna St. Vincent Millay
I know what my heart is like
Since your love died:
It is like a hollow ledge
Holding a little pool
Left there by the tide,
A little tepid pool,
Drying inward from the edge.