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C0llection of Love Poems

if our bed is the labyrinth

by C.C. Apap

am I the hero, seeking,

tracing a path to some

dark, unknown center,

both hopeful and afraid?

I quiver when you touch me

by Ann Youmans

Good grief it's so obvious

I see the quivering leaves 

and I remember you, feather-light fingers 

brushing across my skin 

Danse Macabre

by Wes Viola

There are ghosts of us dancing:

under a railway arch,

in a graveyard in France,

in a vineyard in Nebraska,

Monstrous Lover

by Wes Viola

Sometimes you know they’re monsters

on the way in,

sometimes you only see their

tail on the way out.

thesaurus

by Tara Labovich

i slip my hand into your pocket when we walk side

by sidewalk—only half for warmth—you say

you imagine us december, in the mountains—i say,

what poem today?—you wrap your warmth careful

a maskil

by C.C. Apap

the things that we conceal 

beneath covers, within safes 

secret chambers, behind locked 

lips and closed doors, the layers

primary sources

by C.C. Apap

what happened to that book—

that one which we both loved, 

desperately, one summer,

stealing it from one another

Me and My Good Humor

by Betsy Robinson

Darwinkle cleared his throat and announced that he loved me, had always loved me, and was ravenous for my body. 

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