This delicious collection belongs on every romance reader's bookshelf.  In this scrumptious collection, you'll find both classic and contemporary poems from around the world; from every time period, from ancient Greece to colonial America and modern Poland; from Shakespeare to Bukowski and Viorst. 

The poems explore the different aspects of love; and are arranged in progressive order by theme, from poems of love at first sight, to poems of death and loss.  Many favorites are included, Shakespeare's enduring "Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?" Robert Burns' "A Red, Red Rose," and the incomparable "How Do I Love Thee?" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 

As eternal as the classic poems are, there are wonderful surprises in such poems as Margaret Atwood's "Habitation," James Lauglin's "I Want To Breathe," Katherine Mansfield's "Camomile Tea," and Amy Lowell's "Decade."  Love and poetry were made for each other, and this collection shows both at their finest.  Keep this book on your bedside table and dip into its delights at your leisure. Sample a portion just in time for February 14th: 

Valentine by Donald Hall

(Page 41)

 Hoptoads hop, but

Hogs are fatter.

Nothing else but

Us can matter.