Looking for love poems for her? Below are 23 original poems to tell your wife or girlfriend how you feel, from short love poems that fit in a text to longer romantic poems for her to read slowly. They are grouped by moment: romantic, short, for your wife, for a new girlfriend, deep, funny, long distance, and good morning or goodnight. At the end are four classic love poems. For more collections, browse all our poems.
Romantic poems for her
All poems in this section are original poems by Poetry Valley.
1. The Ordinary Miracle
I've seen the ocean, the mountains, the lights
of cities at three in the morning.
None of them stopped me the way you do,
just walking into the kitchen, yawning.
2. If I Could
If I could give you anything,
I'd give you, for a day,
the eyes I see you with, my love,
so you'd never doubt what I say.
3. Home
I used to think that home was a place:
a street, a door, a key.
Then you laughed in a stranger's kitchen once,
and home was where you'd be.
4. Every Version
I love the version of you at dawn,
hair wild, voice made of gravel,
the version that sings in the car off-key,
the one who plans all our travel,
the version that cries at puppy adoption ads,
the one who wins every fight.
I've met a hundred of you, love,
and every one was right.
Short love poems for her
All poems in this section are original poems by Poetry Valley.
These short love poems fit in a text, a card or a note on the fridge.
5. The Room
You walked in,
and the whole room
rearranged itself
around you.
6. Every Life
I'd choose you
in every life,
on every street,
in every version of me.
7. Bus Stop
Some people search their whole lives
for what I found
at a bus stop
in the rain.
8. My Favorite Place
My favorite place
is two inches
from your shoulder.
9. Unfinished
You are the poem
I keep trying to write
and never finish,
because you keep getting better.
10. Doors
Of all the doors
I've walked through,
the best one
opened onto you.
11. Bad Day
You laugh,
and somewhere
a bad day
gives up.
12. One at a Time
I don't need forever.
Just every day
with you,
one at a time.
Love poems for your wife
All poems in this section are original poems by Poetry Valley.
13. Fifteen Years
You still steal the blankets.
I still pretend not to mind.
We traded our twenties for a mortgage,
a minivan, and a kind
of quiet nobody warned us about,
the good kind, the kind where we
can sit for an hour and not say a word
and both feel completely free.
14. Vows, Revised
I promised you better and worse,
sickness and health, all that.
I didn't promise to love your laugh
or the way you talk to the cat,
or how you read in the bath till the water's cold,
or that you'd still make me shy.
I didn't promise those things, my love.
I just do. I can't say why.
Poems for her: a new girlfriend
All poems in this section are original poems by Poetry Valley.
15. Third Date
On our third date you ordered for both of us
and got it completely wrong.
We laughed so hard the waiter left,
and I knew before long,
before the check, before the rain,
before you took my hand,
that I'd be telling this story
for the rest of my life. And I am.
16. Learning You
Everything is new with you:
your favorite song, your street,
the way you text in lowercase,
the way you tuck your feet.
I'm learning you like a language,
one word every day,
and I hope I never get fluent,
so there's always more to say.
Deep love poems for her
All poems in this section are original poems by Poetry Valley.
17. What Love Is
Not the roses. Not the dinners.
Not the songs on the radio.
It's you at the hospital at 3 a.m.,
holding my hand, though you didn't know
how it would end. It's the coffee you left
on the counter the day I failed.
It's every small and stubborn thing
you did when the rest of the world had bailed.
18. The Long Way
Let's take the long way home tonight.
There's nowhere we need to be.
I just want a few more streetlights
with you beside me.
Cute and funny love poems for her
All poems in this section are original poems by Poetry Valley.
19. More Than Pizza
I love you more than pizza,
which is saying quite a lot.
I love you more than sleeping in
or finding a parking spot.
I love you more than my phone, my love,
though please don't make me prove it.
I love you more than the last fry, too.
(Probably. Just don't move it.)
20. Thermostat
You're cold when I am warm.
You're warm when I am cold.
We've fought about the thermostat
since long before we were old.
But give me a hundred winters
of a war I'll never win,
as long as it's your cold feet
I'm warming up again.
For more laughs, see our funny poems.
Long distance love poem for her
All poems in this section are original poems by Poetry Valley.
21. Time Zones
When I'm waking, you're asleep.
When I'm sleeping, you're awake.
We meet in the middle at midnight
for both our sakes.
The miles are long, the calls are short,
the signal comes and goes,
but I'd rather love you from far away
than anyone close.
Good morning and goodnight love poems for her
All poems in this section are original poems by Poetry Valley.
22. Good Morning
Good morning, love. I hope your coffee's hot,
your inbox kind, your train on time.
And if the day goes sideways, love,
remember that you're mine.
23. Goodnight
Goodnight, my love. The day is done.
Whatever went wrong can wait.
Sleep knowing someone, somewhere, thinks
you're absolutely great.
Classic romantic poems for her
These four were all published long before 1930 and are in the public domain. Each is short enough to read aloud or copy into a card.
- She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron (1815). Opens: “She walks in beauty, like the night” Written after Byron saw a woman at a party, it praises a beauty that comes from her goodness as much as her looks.
- Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare (1609). Opens: “Let me not to the marriage of true minds” The classic definition of lasting love, often read at weddings: love that does not change when circumstances do.
- How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1850). Opens: “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” A list of every depth and kind of love, written to her future husband.
- He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven by W. B. Yeats (1899). Opens: “Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,” A poor man offers the only thing he has, his dreams, and asks her to “tread softly.”
How to write a love poem for her
Start with one specific thing only she does: the way she laughs, a habit, a place you shared. Describe it plainly and let it carry the feeling instead of saying “you are beautiful.” Keep it short; a short love poem that is true beats a long one that sounds like a card. If you need help starting, try our poem starters, or for the season, our Christmas love poems.
Frequently asked questions
What is a good short love poem for her?
Try “My Favorite Place” or “One at a Time” above. Both are under 15 words, which makes them perfect for a text or the inside of a card.
What is the most romantic poem for her?
Among the classics, “She Walks in Beauty” by Lord Byron and Sonnet 116 by Shakespeare are the most loved. For something personal, “Every Version” or “Vows, Revised” above can be read to a wife or partner.
Can I use these poems for my girlfriend or wife?
Yes. The original poems on this page are free to copy into a card, a letter or a message for the woman you love.
