Eros Love Poems

When I first saw you, my heartbeat became lower
All of my stress started to leave my body as your eyes met mine
Your look and smile...

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My mind bears the weight of you,  
a celestial gravity pulling our souls together  
in an instant—a supernova of connection—  
after an...

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You, Mariana—deepest trench of my knowing  
   I call you by name not to possess it
but because it is the only prayer...

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I once saw Cupid poop behind a tree in a field.
And, boy, was I surprised by the amount of his yield.
And when he was done,
I...

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Then in the days were the Olempicains honored The Gods
with athletic feats. A woman who feed all the atheles
sought a dish that would make a...

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Is love enough,
When there is rain and snow?
The sky is falling, the climate is rough,
Well, I may never know.

So, I asked Eros, hoping he'd know,
He...

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When Eros shoots the heart of one 
The piercing point of Beauty’s son 
Borne of love and lust and loss 
To pine for one’s a...

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Forever who’s in my thoughts, she
Alas is indifferent to me,
And for someone else longs,
Whose heart elsewhere belongs,
And that someone in turn loves me!

Fie to such...

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Choking noble light held by the hands of Fate                ...

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Sappho Translations XV by Michael R. Burch

Gaia, rainbow-crowned, garbs herself in myriad hues. (168c)

We ran like fawns from the symposium: me, Cleis and reckless Gongyla....

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Sappho Translations VI by Michael R. Burch


Sappho, fragment 52
translation by Michael R. Burch

Yesterday,
you came to my house
to sing for me.

Today,
I come to you
to return the...

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Eros-Philia-Ludus,
Pragma!!!
Valence released,
We are like atomic bonds,
And I am the Squared Hydrogen,
She's the Oxygen.
Held up together in the field,
She breathes life into me.
And liquid as we...

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Preposterous Eros
by Michael R. Burch

“Preposterous Eros” – Patricia Falanga

Preposterous Eros shot me in
the buttocks, with a Devilish grin,
spent all my money in a rush
then left...

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There are different kinds of love
Each with a special bond of love.

Philia is for friendship and a special trust
For secrets shared and secrets kept a...

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Unlikely Mike
by Michael R. Burch

I married someone else’s fantasy;
she admired me despite my mutilations.

I loved her for her heart’s sake, and for mine.
I hid my...

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