Romantic Poems without the Romance

John Herlihy

Romantic poems without all the romance,

Left behind feelings found as if in a trance.

A poem on death that really celebrates life,

A poem on mortality that highlights strive.

Not necessarily poems radical or political,

But instead poems that stir the heart lyrical.

Concerns of the human condition as ideals,

Virtues of our inner life true reality reveals.

How we face challenges, deal with struggle,

How we nature’s beauty and mystery juggle.

Forget not how we put love in the equation,

Meet it head on without the tangent evasion.

Romantic notions whether on love or hatred,

All bound together, verses in a realm sacred.

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Copyright © John Herlihy

Saturday 9 August 2025