Be it your boyfriend or husband, poems tug the heartstrings of all. The beauty of love poems for him lies in their verses imbibed with enormous sentiments. Poems about unconditional love for him ...

Romantic Poet,” by Diane Seuss, is one of the best things that our critic A.O. Scott read (and reread) this year.

The poem combines Lochhead’s memories of Hogmanay ... empty world when his love walks out on him. He sums up just how difficult it can be to move on when you’ve loved someone that much.