#inlove poems on Hello Poetry

Zywa Jun 2023

My diligent half

does homework, my dreaming half --

still lingers with her.

Novel "Terug tot Ina Damman - De geschiedenis van een jeugdliefde" ("Back to Ina Damman - The history of an adolescent love", 1934, Simon Vestdijk), II-1, page 109

Collection "Inmost"

#inlove #absent #teenager

Zywa Jun 2023

[ Teens in the school yard ]

Teens in the school yard

like to play with the soft ***** --

of being in love.

Novel "Terug tot Ina Damman - De geschiedenis van een jeugdliefde" ("Back to Ina Damman - The history of an adolescent love", 1934, Simon Vestdijk), III-3, page 219

#teens #inlove

Zywa Jun 2023

[ I shall let you in ]

I shall let you in,

into my dream if you will --

kiss me in your dream.

"Talkin' World War III blues" (1963, Bob Dylan)

Collection "Great Flow"

#exploration #inlove

Zywa May 2023

[ Numbers: Eight times eight ]

Numbers: Eight times eight?

When I am in doubt I know --

that I am in love.

Children's book "Mijn avonturen door V.Swchwrm" ("My Adventures through V.Swchwrm", 1998, Toon Tellegen), page 76

Collection "Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost"

#focus #attention #inlove

JD Apr 2023

Stupid love

Being with you makes me feel stupidly in love.
                                  Being with you put a stupid smile on my face.

When you don't show,
                   I feel so stupid,
                                                                        for being so crazy about you!

Too much happiness is not always a good sign.

#inlove #rejection #lowselfesteem

Zywa Jan 2023

[ I am not myself ]

I am not myself,

I'm in love, I am waiting --

for him for hours now.

"Fragments d'un discours amoureux" - "L'attente" ("A Lover's Discourse: Fragments" - "Waiting", 1977, Roland Barthes)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 60s and 70s"

#inlove #love

Zywa Dec 2022

[ He caresses her ]

He caresses her

tenderly in the moonlight --

at least her shadow.

"L'onda" ("The wave", 1894, Luigi Pirandello)

Collection "Love Mind and Death"

#romance #love #inlove

Zywa Dec 2022

[ So you do love him ]

So you do love him,

you really love him, so much --

that you admit it?

"Lontano", §4 ("Far away", 1902, Luigi Pirandello)

Collection "Love Mind and Death"