Valentines Not Found on Greeting Cards

A Valentine's Day greeting (in case you need some lines for that sweetheart) via poets.org. 

Valentines and poets have a long history of writing words of love to send to others. Some classical, some modern, some love, some passion, and even some strong friendships. These are not necessarily your greeting card Valentines.

1. “My Heart” by Kim Addonizio
2. “This Much and More” by Djuna Barnes
3. “The Love-Hat Relationship” by Aaron Belz
4. “Verge” by Mark Doty
5. “Invitation to Love” by Paul Laurence Dunbar
6. “The Ecstasy” by Phillip Lopate
7. “What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why (Sonnet XLIII)” by Edna St. Vincent Millay
8. “How to Love” by January Gill O’Neil
9. “Let me not to the marriage of true minds (Sonnet 116)” by William Shakespeare
10. “poem I wrote sitting across the table from you” by Kevin Varrone
11. “A Love Song” by William Carlos Williams