Nothing depicts love more than words. Poetry has long been a way for lovers to express themselves and their love for each other. Here are a few love poem samples from some famous poets that describe their love so eloquently.

We cannot forget the symbol of Valentine’s Day…Cupid. He is known as the boy armed with bow and arrows, flying around on his wings, piercing hearts. The arrows signify desires and emotions of love. He aims these arrows at gods and humans, causing them to fall deeply in love. Today, Cupid and his arrows have become the most popular of love signs. Love is most frequently depicted by two hearts pierced by Cupid’s arrow.

Cupid has always played a role in the celebrations of love and lovers. In ancient Greece he was known as Eros, the young son of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. To the Roman's he was Cupid, and his mother was Venus. Among his many stories within Greek and Roman mythology comes a story of Cupid in love.

Venus was jealous of the beauty of Psyche, and ordered Cupid to punish the mortal. But instead, Cupid fell deeply in love with her. He took her as his wife, but as a mortal she was forbidden to look at him. Psyche was happy until her sisters persuaded her to look at Cupid. As soon as Psyche looked at Cupid, Cupid punished her by leaving her. Their lovely castle and gardens vanished too.

Psyche found herself alone in an open field with no signs of other beings or Cupid. As she wandered trying to find her love, she came upon the temple of Venus. Wishing to destroy her, the goddess of love gave Psyche a series of tasks, each harder and more dangerous then the last. For her last task Psyche was given a little box and told to take it to the underworld. She was told to get some of the beauty of Proserpine, the wife of Pluto, and put it in the box. During her trip she was given tips on avoiding the dangers of the realm of the dead.

She was also warned not to open the box but temptation overcame Psyche and she opened the box and instead of finding beauty, she found deadly slumber. Cupid found her lifeless on the ground. He gathered the deadly sleep from her body and put it back in the box. Cupid forgave her, as did Venus. The gods were moved by Psyche's love for Cupid and made her a goddess.