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10 Love Poems For Hopeless Romantics

Poetry and Chill? Dear Future Lover, Watch These Poems With Me

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10 Love Poems For Hopeless Romantics
Jocelyn Mosman

Here are ten really cheesy, romantically endearing, adorable, and altogether fantastic love poems you can watch with your significant other on Valentine's Day or date night or any night that you want to make slightly more poetically romantic. To all the sappy lovers and romantics out there, this is for you.


10. "Hotbox Love" Jesse Parent

This poem is for all the married couples who have gotten to know each other a little too well over the course of your relationship. This poem is love that captures all the awkward, lovely, and wonderful moments throughout a relationship. Jesse Parent is an inspiration and one heck of a romantic.

(Video Credit: Button Poetry)

9. "When Love Arrives" Phil Kaye & Sarah Kay

Phil and Sarah explain what love looks like in reality versus in expectations. This is for those looking for love, wondering when love will arrive, or where to look to find love when it feels as if it's gone missing. This poem is also for anyone who has found love and is cherishing every moment of looking back and remembering how it all came to pass.

(Video Credit: Button Poetry)

8. "Dear Future Lover" Tasha Receno

Tasha Receno writes some of the best love poetry I've ever heard and this poem is perhaps one of the greatest love poems of our time. This poem is for those who are single, those who are searching, those who understand what they want more than anything. This poem is for the future lovers of those people. Dear future lovers, please watch this poem.

(Video Credit: Vancouver Poetry Slam)

7. "Frida Kahlo to Marty McConnell" Marty McConnell

"you take a lover
for granted, you take
a lover who looks at you
like maybe you are magic.
"

Perhaps these words are the only ones that matter. This poem is for those who have a lover who looks at them like they are magic. This dialogue from Marty is the foundation of what to look for when taking a lover.

(Video Credit: HCSC Public)

6. "First Date" Sabrina Benaim

Sabrina writes about the awkwardness of first dates. If this is your first date and it's Valentine's Day and things are getting awkward, watch this poem. If this is your first date and it's Valentine's Day and things are going super awesome, watch this poem. If this is your first date and it's Valentine's Day and your date is a bottle of wine and some chocolate, watch this poem. Also, if you think horoscopes are important, watch this poem.

(Video Credit: Button Poetry)

5. "OCD" Neil Hilborn

This poem is for everyone who has ever experienced heartbreak, loss, and the pain of moving on past the person you thought you'd spend the rest of your life with. This poem is emotional, beautiful, heartfelt, and sincere. This poem will change the way you look at love, feel love, and accept love. Neil is the epitome of a delicate, careful, and loving poet who shows through his actions just how much love means.

(Video Credit: Button Poetry)

4. "40 Love Letters" Jeanann Verlee

This is for all the exes, all the bad ones, the good ones, the ones who got away, the ones you wish had gotten away sooner, and the ones that were just no... This is relatable for everyone who's ever been in a relationship, ever. Jeanann tells all about her love life. Can you find some exes in here that sound like yours?

(Video Credit: Speakeasy NYC)

3. "Hike" Tayllor Johnson

This poem is for those who enjoy hiking or love. This is for intimacy, for those who like nature, for those who are a little wild when it comes to romance, for those who are not afraid of adventure. Tayllor uses her magical touch with words to create a poem that is sensual, passionate, and beautiful.

(Video Credit: Dynamic Mike)

2. "More Words Than We Deserve" Sally Jenkinson

This was on Huffington Post's list of top Valentine's poems in the UK. Sally writes for those who have felt like love has betrayed them or left them. This is for those who understands that there isn't always a happily ever after. This is for those who have faith there might be a fairytale ending after all this time. This poem is about the grown up love that is complex and nuanced and full of surprises at every turn. This poem is for anyone who understands that being hurt doesn't mean love doesn't exist; it just means it's not here yet.

(Video Credit: The Huffington Post UK)

1. "Today Means Amen" Sierra DeMulder

This is for anyone. This is an open letter to the whole world and most specifically, to you. This poem changes lives. This poem is a hallelujah to everything that love means. Sierra's new book by the same name was just released and is a blessing. Listen to this poem and you will feel empowered, loved, and so many more emotions. This poem might just change your life.

(Video Credit: Button Poetry)

Happy Valentine's Day!

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