Why love Poetry? #FamilyLife
Stuart Farrar. To quote Toni Morrison, "If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it", so that's what we did! If you look on Amazon these days for love poems, we're sorry to say that most of what you will spot is anthologies of poetry by other people, and piles of these include what are often referred to as "the classics", which is frequently another way of saying that they're very old. What you may have trouble finding are collections of fresh, modern, original love poetry. And this, to us, is sad, as the issues raised in love poems from centuries ago are doubtless not those relevant to couples nowadays. What do we mean by that? While it's correct that romance and love are eternal, in a large number of households today, both the husband and the wife have no choice but to go out to work, just to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table, never mind enjoy a few indulgenc...
