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The term "painful love poems" has been searched for 47 times on the American Poems site since July 21st, 2005.
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1. Insomniac - written by Maya Angelou
Read 13124 times on American Poems.
There are some nights when
sleep plays coy,
aloof and disdainful.
And all the wiles
that I employ to win
its service to my side
are useless as wounded pride,
and much more painful. (Read full poem)
2. The Visitation - written by Joyce Kilmer
From Main Street and Other Poems.
Published in 1917.
Read 1395 times on American Poems.
(For Louise Imogen Guiney)
There is a wall of flesh before the eyes
Of John, who yet perceives and hails his King.
It is Our Lady's painful bliss to bring
Before mankind the Glory of the skies.
Her cousin feels her womb's sweet burden... (Read full poem)
3. Ah Poverties, Wincings and Sulky Retreats. - written by Walt Whitman
From Leaves of Grass.
Published in 1900.
Read 1664 times on American Poems.
AH poverties, wincings, and sulky retreats!
Ah you foes that in conflict have overcome me!
(For what is my life, or any man’s life, but a conflict with foes—the old, the
incessant
war?)
You degradations—you tussle with passions... (Read full poem)
4. The Day Is A Poem (September 19, 1939) - written by Robinson Jeffers
Published in 1941.
Read 1846 times on American Poems.
This morning Hitler spoke in Danzig, we hear his voice.
A man of genius: that is, of amazing
Ability, courage, devotion, cored on a sick child's soul,
Heard clearly through the dog wrath, a sick child
Wailing in Danzig; invoking destruction and... (Read full poem)
5. The List of Famous Hats - written by James Tate
From Reckoner.
Published in 1986.
Read 7636 times on American Poems.
Napoleon's hat is an obvious choice I guess to list as a famous
hat, but that's not the hat I have in mind. That was his hat for
show. I am thinking of his private bathing cap, which in all hon-
esty wasn't much different than the one any jerk... (Read full poem)
6. Spontaneous Me. - written by Walt Whitman
From Leaves of Grass.
Published in 1900.
Read 6646 times on American Poems.
SPONTANEOUS me, Nature,
The loving day, the mounting sun, the friend I am happy with,
The arm of my friend hanging idly over my shoulder,
The hill-side whiten’d with blossoms of the mountain ash,
The same, late in autumn—the hues of... (Read full poem)
7. September 1961 - written by Denise Levertov
Read 766 times on American Poems.
This is the year the old ones,
the old great ones
leave us alone on the road.
The road leads to the sea.
We have the words in our pockets,
obscure directions. The old ones
have taken away the light of their presence,
we see it moving away... (Read full poem)
8. A Western Ballad - written by Allen Ginsberg
From Collected Poems 1947-1980.
Read 11664 times on American Poems.
When I died, love, when I died
my heart was broken in your care;
I never suffered love so fair
as now I suffer and abide
when I died, love, when I died.
When I died, love, when I died
I wearied in an endless maze
that men have walked for... (Read full poem)
9. That Love is all there is, - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 9581 times on American Poems.
That Love is all there is,
Is all we know of Love;
It is enough, the freight should be
Proportioned to the groove.(Read full poem)
10. That I did always love - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 5515 times on American Poems.
That I did always love
I bring thee Proof
That till I loved
I never lived -- Enough --
That I shall love alway --
I argue thee
That love is life --
And life hath Immortality --
This -- dost thou doubt -- Sweet --
Then have I
Nothing to show
But... (Read full poem)
11. Portrait Of The Artist As A Prematurely Old Man - written by Ogden Nash
Read 2302 times on American Poems.
It is common knowledge to every schoolboy and even every Bachelor of Arts,
That all sin is divided into two parts.
One kind of sin is called a sin of commission, and that is very important,
And it is what you are doing when you are doing something... (Read full poem)
13. Love can do all but raise the Dead - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 3526 times on American Poems.
Love can do all but raise the Dead
I doubt if even that
From such a giant were withheld
Were flesh equivalent
But love is tired and must sleep,
And hungry and must graze
And so abets the shining Fleet
Till it is out of gaze.(Read full poem)
14. While it is alive - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 2301 times on American Poems.
While it is alive
Until Death touches it
While it and I lap one Air
Dwell in one Blood
Under one Sacrament
Show me Division can split or pare --
Love is like Life -- merely longer
Love is like Death, during the Grave
Love is the Fellow of the... (Read full poem)
15. Unable are the Loved to die - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 3087 times on American Poems.
Unable are the Loved to die
For Love is Immortality,
Nay, it is Deity --
Unable they that love -- to die
For Love reforms Vitality
Into Divinity.(Read full poem)
17. "Why do I love" You, Sir? - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 5640 times on American Poems.
"Why do I love" You, Sir?
Because --
The Wind does not require the Grass
To answer -- Wherefore when He pass
She cannot keep Her place.
Because He knows -- and
Do not You --
And We know not --
Enough for Us
The Wisdom it be so --
The Lightning --... (Read full poem)
18. Love -- thou art high - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 3822 times on American Poems.
Love -- thou art high --
I cannot climb thee --
But, were it Two --
Who know but we --
Taking turns -- at the Chimborazo --
Ducal -- at last -- stand up by thee --
Love -- thou are deep --
I cannot cross thee --
But, were there Two
Instead of One... (Read full poem)
19. 'Twas Love -- not me - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 3934 times on American Poems.
'Twas Love -- not me --
Oh punish -- pray --
The Real one died for Thee --
Just Him -- not me --
Such Guilt -- to love Thee -- most!
Doom it beyond the Rest --
Forgive it -- last --
'Twas base as Jesus -- most!
Let Justice not mistake --
We Two --... (Read full poem)
20. The incidents of love - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 1673 times on American Poems.
The incidents of love
Are more than its Events --
Investment's best Expositor
Is the minute Per Cents --(Read full poem)
22. The Stupid Jerk I'm Obsessed With - written by Maggie Estep
Read 2889 times on American Poems.
The stupid jerk I'm obsessed with
stands so close to me
I can feel his breath
on my neck
and smell
the way he would smell
if we slept together
because he is the stupid jerk I'm obsessed with
and that is his primary function in life
to be a stupid... (Read full poem)
23. You love the Lord -- you cannot see - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 2287 times on American Poems.
You love the Lord -- you cannot see --
You write Him -- every day --
A little note -- when you awake --
And further in the Day.
An Ample Letter -- How you miss --
And would delight to see --
But then His House -- is but a Step --
And Mine's -- in... (Read full poem)
24. Perhaps you think me stooping - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 1301 times on American Poems.
Perhaps you think me stooping
I'm not ashamed of that
Christ -- stooped until He touched the Grave --
Do those at Sacrament
Commemorative Dishonor
Or love annealed of love
Until it bend as low as Death
Redignified, above?(Read full poem)
25. Humanity i love you - written by e.e. cummings
Read 31041 times on American Poems.
Humanity i love you
because you would rather black the boots of
success than enquire whose soul dangles from his
watch-chain which would be embarrassing for both
parties and because you
unflinchingly applaud all
songs containing the words country... (Read full poem)
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