Category Archives: love poetry

30 Poems in 30 Days, December 1,One Day Late

Posted on December 1, 2025 by alicebarrett

I’m one day late for the deadline, One day early for my lover’s birthday. Continue reading →

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The Dove, La Paloma by Rafael Alberti

Posted on February 20, 2025 by alicebarrett

The dove was wrong.
She was mistaken.

Se equivoco la paloma.
Se equivocaba. Continue reading →

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The Patience of Ordinary Things by Pat Schneider

Posted on February 10, 2025 by alicebarrett

It is a kind of love, is it not? Continue reading →

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Wife

Posted on September 27, 2021 by alicebarrett

White birch is curling on one of the south windowsills.
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Profile in Silhouette

Posted on January 31, 2018 by alicebarrett

Behind him a brick wall drips with old colors, He is facing West 82nd Street. His lashes droop down, his eyes are closed. All I can see is the blackness where his face was, . As if his face had … Continue reading →

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Hundreds of Ways

Posted on September 21, 2017 by alicebarrett

There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground – -Rumi   There are hundreds of ways to touch a leaf to hear the sea . Hundreds of ways to breathe to sigh . There are hundreds of … Continue reading →

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