A daily love poem for February — with gentle commentary after each reading.

February Love Poem Series – Day 22: “Love and Harmony” by William Blake

Welcome to The Porcupine Presents and our month-long celebration of love in all its forms.
Each day of February, we bring you a new poem — romantic, bittersweet, playful, or aching — followed by a brief reflection to deepen your listening experience.

Today’s poem is “Love and Harmony” by William Blake, a brief but radiant meditation on the healing power of affection. In just a few lines, Blake imagines love as a force that softens harshness, restores balance, and returns the world to a gentler, more harmonious state. It is a tiny lyric carrying an enormous spiritual truth.

After the poem, stay tuned for a short commentary discussing

• how this piece reflects Blake’s larger symbolic universe,

• why he saw love as a cosmic force rather than just a human emotion,

• and how the poem’s simplicity functions almost like a proverb or blessing.

Originally published: 1783

Approx. runtime: 6 minutes

Music: “A Very Brady Special” by Kevin MacLeod