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WhatIs Love
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Friday, January 16, 2026    Rated "G" by the Author.
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What Is Love

by John Herlihy

 

What is love

I know not

Still ask myself

Perhaps I know

 

A gift giving

A feeling living

Heart pounding

Mind resounding

Psyche transfixed

The soul blessed

Slow burning embers

My heart remembers

The yearning once felt

Ice will in the heart melt

Were love finally gone

I would eternally long

For love, for more love

Ride wings of the dove

Love the true loved one

Touched by light of the sun

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Copyright © John Herlihy

Saturday 13 September 2025


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 Reviews of "WhatIs Love"
Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on February 24, 2026
LOVE...?!? WELL, FOR SURE...ALL OF US 'LOVE' SOMETHING(OR SOME THINGS) OR SOMEONE(PERHAPS MORE THAN ONE). SO THEN, WHAT IS MY DEFINITION? WELL, NOT TO GET TOO DEEP; LOVE IS THAT MYSTERIOUS THING, FROM THE VERY HAND OF GOD, WHICH GIVES US. ..THE REASON WE NEED TO PERSEVERE AND PRESS-ON IN THIS WORLD. AMEN. COULD BE SPIRITUAL, PHYSICAL, ETC...BUT IT IS LOVE. INTERESTING FORM, THANKS. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Rebecca McKeehan
Reviewed on January 19, 2026
An excellent description of all love's many facets.

Rebecca

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on January 18, 2026
From your offering, you have given us a glimpse into your view of love. I recall studying the psycholo 54gical approach of three kinds of love. But in the end, it is what works for us or, very simplistically put, "love means you never have to say you're sorry." (Love Story)

Ron

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com
Reviewed on January 17, 2026
Yes, don't we all ask that question What is Love? You, for example send your love daily to readers, opting to render a loving sense of Nature and of the weaknesses of humans who are aware and work to improve their inner-being. Then, of course, there is the love one might find in acute awareness of the senses. Like you, I have often found a subtle sense of sight, sound, smell, taste and touch can ignite those inner embers of patience. Some blaze new concepts of love that were never thought of before. But, hey, I'm going on about my own sense of love, and this is a review of your question-poem. You know, John, I just realized that all the different triggers of love I cited are inherent in the loved one that is now a memory, mine as well as yours. Enjoyed reading this reflection of love, yet profound simplicity inherent in your choice of words.


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