Not all of us are blessed wordsmiths, some of us need the help of poets to convey the things we really want to say when we’re in love. This is why we at Culture Custodian have compiled a fully comprehensive list of everything you could possibly need. Scroll down for quotes, poems, love letters, movie suggestions, love songs and spoken word poetry.
QUOTES
For your soulmate
“In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.” – Maya Angelou
“The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind I was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.”
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” – Emily Bronte
For the long distance lovers
“I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)” – E. E. Cummings
“Distance never separates two hearts that really care, for our memories span the miles and in seconds we are there. But whenever I start feeling sad, because I miss you, I remind myself how lucky I am to have someone so special to miss.”
“And has it ever been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” – Khalil Gibran
For second chances
“Sometimes what you’re searching for, is right where you left it” – Sweet Home Alabama
“People laugh, they call us crazy. It’s like they knew all along that sooner or later, we’d be back together.” – Allison Mosher
“Alright, let’s try this one more time with feeling.” – Blink 182
“I know we could both go on with our lives and we could both be fine, but I’ve seen what we could be like together and I choose us.” Family Man
POEMS
You may choose to go with your classic Shakespeare sonnet
Sonnet 18 – William Shakespeare
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature’s changing course untrimmed.
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,
Nor shall Death brag thou wand’rest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st.
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
This poem would resonate especially with any couple that has a tumultuous love
Be Near Me – Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Be near me now, My tormenter, my love, be near me— At this hour when night comes down, When, having drunk from the gash of sunset, darkness comes With the balm of musk in its hands, its diamond lancets, When it comes with cries of lamentation, with laughter with songs; Its blue-gray anklets of pain clinking with every step. At this hour when hearts, deep in their hiding places, Have begun to hope once more, when they start their vigil For hands still enfolded in sleeves; When wine being poured makes the sound of inconsolable children who, though you try with all your heart, cannot be soothed. When whatever you want to do cannot be done, When nothing is of any use; —At this hour when night comes down, When night comes, dragging its long face, dressed in mourning, Be with me, My tormenter, my love, be near me.
Maybe you’re interested in erotic poetry? The ones we found are too long to be included in this post but you can try these links here, here, and here.
LOVE LETTERS
Again, these are too long so we’ll just provide you with links.
- Love Letter 13 from Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn
- A very long letter from Edgar Allen Poe to Sarah H. Whitman
- From Juliette Drouet to Victor Hugo
MOVIE SUGGESTIONS
Classic rom-coms
- Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
- Pretty Woman (1990)
For lovers who want to watch something that’s great but less obvious. Many people don’t enjoy romantic comedies, not just guys who feel it threatens their masculinity. These movies are critically acclaimed and can appeal to people on different levels of the machismo scale
- Obvious Child (2014)
- 500 Days of Summer (2009)
- Your Sister’s Sister (2012)
- Enough Said (2013)
For anyone celebrating Galentine’s Day
- Mean Girls (2004)
- Coming to America (1988)
- Or you could just have a Parks and Rec marathon!
For the hopeless romantics
- The Notebook (2004)
- The English Patient (1996)
- Titanic (1997)
LOVE SONGS
SPOKEN WORD POEMS
This funny poem is for young lovers or anyone who is in the start of something fresh and exciting.
A raw poem perfect for a partner who is honest about the difficulties that come with relationships. It is breathtaking and especially relevant to anyone who has ever had trouble finding love.
Lastly, this one is an empowering message for any woman doesn’t have a valentine this year.
Have you still not found what you’re looking for? Tweet at us! We might still be able to help you