This document discusses the nature of love poems and what constitutes a love poem. It questions whether love poems must be about romantic love specifically or if love poems can explore other types of love. The document also notes that while love seems universal, it is also highly individual and shaped by one's own life experiences. Therefore, no one can truly understand love as it means something different to everyone.

1. What is a love poem? Is
it necessarily a poem
about romantic love?
About romance?
Marriage and
commitment? Or is a
love poem something
else entirely?
In a recent short story I
wrote, a writer is told
by a young critic that
he doesn't understand

2. love. "It's neither noble
nor eternal, as you
would have your
audience believe," she
says.
"Nobody understands
love," the writer
admits. "It seems to be
Universal. Timeless.
Yet, it's also very
individual, filtered by
our own lives and

3. expectations. I don't
understand love, and
can't understand love,
because it's a different
thing for each of us."
These love poems are
Universal. Timeless.
And yet very much a
different thing for each
of us. We hope you
enjoy them...