Love is a special and complicated emotion which is quite difficult to understand. Poets have explored the idea of love for centuries. However, William Shakespeare, E. E. Cummings and Taylor Swift weren't the first to do this. What other types of love can you think of? Where is the love? Let's see if we can find out! What does poetry have to do with love? Poetry isn't written to stay on a page in an old book in a dusty library. Poetry is written to be read aloud. Poetry is written to be read to people you know and people you don't. Poetry is written to communicate ideas. Poetry is written to convey emotions. Poetry is written to express what you feel deep, deep inside. Express emotions? Express feelings? How can poetry do this? I'll show you how!