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Top 10 Classic Love Poets

Love poetry. During sometime or another we have dived head first into this wonderful, although sometimes saddening, genre of works. The best of the best depends on who you ask. What are their preferences and what are their motives?

While in middle and high school, teenagers are thrust into poetry. Some use it as a tool for expressing themselves while others see it as a horrific literature assignment. Nonetheless, these teens must experience the works of the greatest love poets throughout history.

But, why focus on the love poets instead of simply the greatest love poetry? That's easy, because the greatest love poets have the most amount of poetry to choose from. They were not one hit wonders. They have tens, even hundreds of love poems. Once you find a favorite poet, you'll have many, many poems to read and love.

Here is a list of my preferred love poets:

10. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
9. Mawlawi Rumi
8. William Shakespeare
7. Oscar Wilde
6. John Donne
5. Dante
4. Khalil Gibran
3. Johan Wolfgang Goethe
2. E.E. Cummings
1. William Butler Yeats

I know, I know. You are wondering, "Where is Emily Dickinson?!?" Well sonny, I appreciate her work, but she isn't on the list.