Love poems that have moved me....

I know I have an odd look at love...
I found this book a few years back that is one of my favorite book of Love Poems.
Bleeding Hearts , Love Poems for the Nervous and Highly Strung, compiled by Michelle Lovrie.

I hope to share with everyone a few of my favorites in the few weeks before Valentines Day....

Valentine
Not a red rose or a satin heart.

I give you an onion.
It is a moon wrapped in brown paper.
It promises light
like the careful undressing of love.

Here.
It will blind you with tears
like a lover.
It will make your reflection
a wobbling photo of grief.

I am trying to be truthful.

Not a cute card or kissogram.

I give you an onion.
Its fierce kiss will stay on your lips,
possessive and faithful
as we are,
for as long as we are.

Take it.
Its platinum loops shrink to a wedding ring,
if you like.
Lethal.
Its scent will cling to your fingers,
cling to your knife.

Carol Ann Duffy