Falling hard: 100 love poems by teenagers

Sitting on the porch swing ... / Joseph Lindblad

Tilt the halo over my head ... / Rachel McCarren

At work / Nick Ross-Rhudy

Gift / Portia Carryer

Reminisce / Ross Leach

Punch-drunk love / Ellie Moore

I love you / Alana Gracia Sopko

Addiction / Damon Keith Kimbrough (KARMA)

Lorraine V / Luke M. Rickford

My love line color spectrum / Larelle King

Making love to Shakespeare / Ellie Moore

New friend in Mexico / Nick Ross-Rhudy

Regardless / Lisa Vuolo

Untitled / Aljune

We were always looking for the highest place ... / Mari

Love poem / Juan Nunez

Pledge of affection to a nerd / Laura Tabor

I flex my muscles ... / Michael Stern

Fingerstrings / Harris Lapiroff

Kitchen stranger / Johaina Crisostomo

Love song / Deneshea Richey

Pond is dry now / J Midgley

Secret lives of sea turtles / Hannah Shr

Small warm dimly lit living room ... / Nick Ross-Rhudy

He does / Margaret H. Samuels

That fucking zip and zap / Ross Leach

Mine of miles / Portia Carryer

How I fell in love / Jennifer Holman

Look at my feet / Seph Kramer

Who I am and what I need / Anonymous

Jump. Don't trip. / Jessica C. Galente

Hungry / Sandra Georgijevska

Of infatuation and nicotine fits / Timothy G. Larkin

Witch's carol / Justine Koo Drennan

Love in the moonlight / Dillon York

Like sex, an orange is best enjoyed slowly / Ryan Prior

Jellybones / Dalia Rubiano Yedidia

Deceleration / Katie Chow

Clouded vision / Daniel Leichtling

Blackberries / Emma Marlowe

Love only works in the winter ... / Sean R. Blum

Broken snow globe / Mehron Abdollmohammadi

Bodies can move this way / Gia Harris

Who are you? / Simon John Williams

Psychic leech / Dushan Perera

Raspy voices / Diana Phuong

Last day of our lifetime together / L.C. Hughley

Too like Apollo / Portia Carryer

metaphors of space and time ... / Lili Martinez

Sonnet / Simon John Williams

To my ex / Stephanie Harris

Directions south or north / Elichia owens

Love poem? / Half

Love is like / Hector Jasso

Girl/girl, mouth/mouth / Luke M. Rickford

Sarah & me / Annie Boyd

I am Poe's Lenore ... / Bronwen Callahan

Tall glass of beat / Mehron Abdollmohammadi

Perfect guy / Valerie Garcia

Jealousy / Catie Lycurgus

How I tricked myself into losing her / Dalia Rubiano Yedidia

Good heart/bad intentions / Preston Jones

Tristan and Iseult / J. Riggs

Ramen noodles and hot chocolate / Kyle Enderson

(I'm fuzzy) / Joshua Fu

Truth of this love / William T. Langford

Trying to dance the story of you / Kimberly Schisler

My apologies / Amy Collier

Aside / Zachary Boehler

You're the bus driver on the Main Street line / Michelle

Twelve / Crystal Salas

Fat kid / Ben Cuevas

You pretend that love is momentary / Faaeza Kazi

Testimony / LaToya Jackson

You had your chance / Paul Stone

Or not / Disaster

In the presence of people / Thomas Andrade

Denial / Luke M. Rickford

Indian Tea / Christine S. Stoddard

Stars, oh my god, the stars ... / Ben Johnson

Sky in my mouth / Grace Peterson

Hello, love / Michael Dowell

Detrimental to my success / Jaylene Clark

Dreams of ivy / A-lan Holt

Mobius heart / Phillip Taylor-Parker

What is / Jenny Xie

Minus 64.5% of us / Phillip Taylor-Parker

Crave / Cassandra E. Hueser

Clinically proven: Impossible / Nadia Kent

Terminal / Joseph

Ode to you in beat / Emma Zeldin

Chronicles of love / Anthony Hill

Ode to her skin / Luke M. Rickford

Pause for poetry / A-lan Holt

Untitled / J Midgley

Note from a late romantic / Bonnie Kavoussi

Song / Cole Lutke

Tonight / Portia Carryer

Memories of you / Mary Katherine Meadows

Raindrop songs / Zachary Boehler

Credits and acknowledgments.