They may not be into public displays of affection, but a dash of private mushiness is almost always A-OK.  Sometimes, making him shed a tear can bring you closer together. To that end, we’ve written 17 love poems that will make your boyfriend cry. Feel free to use them for yourself — or tailor some tweaks to suit your man. 

How Do I Write a Love Poem to My Boyfriend? 

Writing a love poem to your boyfriend should be enjoyable — not stressful. Here are a few tips on getting it done, making it fun, and not embarrassing yourself if you decide to write one of your own.

Timing: Did you just start dating? If so, you may want to hold off. Coming on too strongly is rarely, if ever, a good look. Topic: Are you in the first month of the relationship? Then stick to something funnier or light-hearted. There’s no need to send messages about love, soulmates, or marriage so soon. Relationship: Be honest with yourself about the type of relationship it is. If it’s more of a “situationship,” you may want to hold off on the love poems. Embarrassment Factor: How well do you know this guy? Will he blast your poem to everyone on his social media, or will he keep it private?  Authenticity: Send a poem that fits your personality and his. Don’t try to be someone you’re not. Thoughtfulness: Be thoughtful about what you write. For example, don’t say something that will trigger a bad memory. 

17 Love Poems for Your Boyfriend That Will Make Him Cry

You’ve thought about it and are in the market for boyfriend poems that will make him cry – or at least feel the pangs of love. We’ve curated 17 famous love poems to inspire you. Use them for ideas to write a poem yourself, or just send him one of these as is to let him know how you feel.

  1. Untitled by Christopher Poindexter His eyes were like clocks that stoppedspinning the momentshe stared intothem. The universehalted. All thingsbegan to breatheeach others stillness.To her: it wasa simple, blue,Eternity.
  2. I Am Not Yours by Sara Teasdale I am not yours, not lost in you,Not lost, although I long to beLost as a candle lit at noon,Lost as a snowflake in the sea.You love me, and I find you stillA spirit beautiful and bright,Yet I am I, who long to beLost as a light is lost in light.Oh plunge me deep in love—put outMy senses, leave me deaf and blind,Swept by the tempest of your love,A taper in a rushing wind.
  3. Love Comes Quietly by Robert Creeley Love comes quietly,finally, dropsabout me, on me,in the old ways.What did I knowthinking myselfable to goalone all the way.
  4. The Floating Poem by Adrienne Rich Whatever happens with us, your bodywill haunt mine—tender, delicateyour lovemaking, like the half-curled frondof the fiddlehead fern in forestsjust washed by sun. Your traveled, generous thighsbetween which my whole face has come and come—the innocence and wisdom of the place my tongue has found there—the live, insatiate dance of your nipples in my mouth—your touch on me, firm, protective, searchingme out, your strong tongue and slender fingersreaching where I had been waiting years for youin my rose-wet cave—whatever happens, this is.
  5. Defeated by Love by Rumi The sky was litby the splendor of the moonSo powerfulI fell to the groundYour lovehas made me sureI am ready to forsakethis worldly lifeAnd surrenderto the magnificenceof your Being
  6. I Love You by Harry Boslem I can’t talk to you without feeling honor.I can’t see you without feeling wonder.I can’t touch you without feeling pure.I can’t feel you without wanting more.I can’t hold you without feeling safe.I can’t kiss you without feeling great.I can’t miss you without feeling pain.I can’t meet you without wanting to again.I can’t watch you without feeling awe.I can’t love you without feeling loved.I can’t lay with you without feeling passion.I can’t stay away without feeling rationed.I can’t dream of you without sleeping soundly.I can’t cope without you around me.I can’t sleep without you in the bed.I can’t be alive without feeling your breath.I can’t think without you on my mind.I can’t leave without feeling unkind.But most of all,I can’t exist without you in my life
  7. It’s Your Flaws I Want to Taste by Lora Mathis It’s your flawsI want to taste.Your crooked mouth.The way you smell afterbeing out all day.The lump in your throat.Your shaky hands.Your morning breath.Your prickly legs.Your pimpled politeness.Your tangled hair.I don’t want to be able torun my fingers through youeasily. It’s no fun writingabout perfections.I want to talk about you-flawed,crooked,endlessyou.
  8. Poem for My Love by June Jordon How do we come to be here next to each otherin the nightWhere are the stars that show us to our loveinevitableOutside the leaves flame usual in darknessand the rainfalls cool and blessed on the holy fleshthe black men waiting on the corner fora womanly mirageI am amazed by peaceIt is this possibility of youasleepand breathing in the quiet air
  9. I Love You by Ella Wheeler Wilcox I love your lips when they’re wet with wineAnd red with a wild desire;I love your eyes when the lovelight liesLit with a passionate fire.I love your arms when the warm white fleshTouches mine in a fond embrace;I love your hair when the strands enmeshYour kisses against my face.Not for me the cold, calm kissOf a virgin’s bloodless love;Not for me the saint’s white bliss,Nor the heart of a spotless dove.But give me the love that so freely givesAnd laughs at the whole world’s blame,With your body so young and warm in my arms,It sets my poor heart aflame.So kiss me sweet with your warm wet mouth,Still fragrant with ruby wine,And say with a fervor born of the SouthThat your body and soul are mine.Clasp me close in your warm young arms,While the pale stars shine above,And we’ll live our whole young lives awayIn the joys of a living love.
  10. I loved you first: but afterwards your love by Christina Rossetti I loved you first: but afterwards your loveOutsoaring mine, sang such a loftier songAs drowned the friendly cooings of my dove.Which owes the other most? my love was long,And yours one moment seemed to wax more strong;I loved and guessed at you, you construed meAnd loved me for what might or might not be –Nay, weights and measures do us both a wrong.For verily love knows not ‘mine’ or ‘thine;’With separate ‘I’ and ‘thou’ free love has done,For one is both and both are one in love:Rich love knows nought of ‘thine that is not mine;’Both have the strength and both the length thereof,Both of us, of the love which makes us one. Wake Him Up Thinking Of You With These Good Morning Paragraphs For Him 31 Romantic And Sweet Good Morning Poems For Her 23 Of The Best Love Poems For Your Husband
  11. Love’s Coming by Ella Wheeler Wilcox She had looked for his coming as warriors come,With the clash of arms and the bugle’s call;But he came instead with a stealthy tread,Which she did not hear at all.She had thought how his armor would blaze in the sun,As he rode like a prince to claim his bride:In the sweet dim light of the falling nightShe found him at her side.She had dreamed how the gaze of his strange, bold eyeWould wake her heart to a sudden glow:She found in his face the familiar graceOf a friend she used to know.She had dreamed how his coming would stir her soul,As the ocean is stirred by the wild storm’s strife:He brought her the balm of a heavenly calm,And a peace which crowned her life.
  12. Not Anyone Who Says by Mary Oliver Not anyone who says, “I’m going to becareful and smart in matters of love,”who says, “I’m going to choose slowly,”but only those lovers who didn’t choose at allbut were, as it were, chosenby something invisible and powerful and uncontrollableand beautiful and possibly evenunsuitable —only those know what I’m talking aboutin this talking about love.
  13. I’d Be Lying by Rupi Kaur I’d be lying if I saidyou make me speechlessthe truth is you make mytongue so weak it forgetswhat language to speak in.
  14. The Minute I Heard My First Love Story by Rumi The minute I heard my first love story,I started looking for you, not knowinghow blind that was.Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere,they’re in each other all along.
  15. How Do I Love Thee by Elizabeth Barrett Browning How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy soul can reach, when feeling out of sightFor the ends of Being and ideal Grace.I love thee to the level of everyday’sMost quiet need, by sun and candle-light.I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.I love thee with a passion put to useIn my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.I love thee with a love I seemed to loseWith my lost saints, — I love thee with the breath,Smiles, tears, of all my life! — and, if God choose,I shall but love thee better after death.
  16. Someone to Walk with Me by Raquel Franco I was never lookingfor another halfto make me whole,just someonewho was willingto walk with meno matter how farI strayed.
  17. Tonight by Sara Teasdale The moon is a curving flower of gold,The sky is still and blue;The moon was made for the sky to hold,And I for you;The moon is a flower without a stem,The sky is luminous;Eternity was made for them,To-night for us.
  18. Wild Nights – Wild Nights! By Emily Dickinson Wild nights – Wild nights!Were I with theeWild nights should beOur luxury!Futile – the winds –To a Heart in port –Done with the Compass –Done with the Chart!Rowing in Eden –Ah – the Sea!Might I but moor – tonight –In thee! We hope our list of boyfriend love poems for him was helpful. Before pressing send, think it over, and if all signals are green — shoot one over.
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