Valentines Day Love Poems

The Perfect Valentine Love Poem

When you think of the perfect love poem for Valentine’s Day, what do you think of, something romantic and sweet or something passionate and soulful? It’s important to decide what mood you want to create before you begin to search for the perfect Valentine love poem.

For a love poem that is sweet and romantic, Christopher Marlowe wrote a wonderful piece. The poem is an ode from a shepherd to his love and extols the beauty of the countryside. The appeal of this poem is that it takes the familiar idea of giving your loved one the world and making a twist on it. The shepherd is poor and all he has to give is his love and the beauty of living with nature in all its riches.

The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
By Christopher Marlowe

Come live with me and be my love, 
And we will all the pleasures prove 
That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, 
Woods or steepy mountain yields. 

And we will sit upon the rocks, 
Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, 
By shallow rivers to whose falls 
Melodious birds sing madrigals. 

And I will make thee beds of roses 
And a thousand fragrant posies, 
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle 
Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle; 

A gown made of the finest wool 
Which from our pretty lambs we pull; 
Fair lined slippers for the cold, 
With buckles of th purest gold; 

A belt of straw and ivy buds, 
With coral clasps and amber studs: 
And if these pleasures may thee move, 
Come live with me and be my love. 

The shepherds' swains shall dance and sing 
For thy delight each May morning: 
If these delights thy mind may move, 
Then live with me and be my love.

Another Valentines Day Love Poem

A Fun Valentine Day Love Poem

Some Valentine’s Day poetry is very soulful and serious. It can express passion and dedication and even lust. But if you want to send a Valentine Day love poem that is a bit more fun, you should look at a classic one by Robert Burns.

The fun of this poem is in its familiarity and its wording. Almost everyone has heard the first line and the spelling of the words in the piece are those that were used at the time the poet was writing. Today however, seeing the word “love” spelled like “luve” is endearing and playful. So this would be an excellent choice for someone who wants to express those feelings on Valentine Day.

A Red, Red Rose
By Robert Burns

O my Luve's like a red, red rose
That's newly sprung in June;
O my Luve's like the melodie
That's sweetly played in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry:

Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun;
I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only Luve,
And fare thee weel awhile!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho' it ware ten thousand mile.