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What qualities do you admire most in your partner? “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways./ I love thee to the depth and breadth and height/ My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight/For the ends of being and ideal grace./ I love thee to the level of every day’s/ MostContinue reading “What do you admire most about your partner?”

Here’s one of mine by Anne Bradstreet, from “To my Dear and loving Husband.” If ever two were one, then surely we./If ever man were lov’d by wife, then thee;/If ever a wife  was happy in a man,/Compare with me ye women if you can.

Drink to me only with thine eyes, /And I will pledge with mine;/Or leave a kiss but in the cup/And I’ll  not look for wine./ The thirst that from the soul doth rise/Doth ask a drink divine;/But might I of Jove’s nectar sup/I would change for thine. – Ben Jonson

I have always known that at last I would take this road, but yesterday I did not know that it would be today. ~ Kenneth Rexroth

When we find ourselves in the place just right it will be in the valley of love and delight. ~ from a Shaker hymn

April is national poetry month. What better way to celebrate wonderful words and find new inspiration. Explore your favorites and new poems on poets.org

All you need is love.