Valentine's Day is stressful. It demands big public gestures and celebrates romance while ignoring other kinds of love. But not here at Literative. Today we’ll read several poems that explore the complexity of love, all kinds of love, and we'll make Valentine’s Day safe for introverts and single people.

Resources

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese.

Robert Hayden, “Those Winter Sundays.”

Mary Oliver, "Wild Geese."

Marge Piercy, “To Be of Use.”

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