Love Poems from Around the World

by Hippocrene Books

Book Overview

From one corner of the globe to the other-and among the diverse countries, cultures and peoples in between-one thing will always remain universal: the powerful grasp of love. This charming, extensive... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0781807522
• ISBN13: 9780781807524
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Great Diversity of Poetry

I first found this at my local library and I totally fell in love with it. There is such a diversity of poetry here with famous authors like Byron and Sappho, as well as not so famous authors. When's the last time you read a Hungarian love poem? I was surprised to find that a lot of the international ones such as the Egyptian and Indian poems ended up being my favorite even though I had never heard of them before. There is a fairly good diversity of topics as well; not only are there poems about love, but also kissing, jilted love, forbidden love, lost love, breakups, and many more. I think the editors chose the poems very well (though I wish that there were more Japanese poems. Some of the sections can be quite short) and this would be a great gift for anyone who likes poetry or is a romantic at heart!