Poems for someone special
Poems for Wife
10 poemsA useful poem for a wife should sound like a relationship rather than an interchangeable compliment. These pieces include household rituals, disagreements, gratitude, changing bodies, shared work, promises, and the choice to keep paying attention.
Each poem is an original EveryPoem editorial work, selected for its relevance to this theme. Open a poem to read the full text, notes on its themes, and literary devices.
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Portrait with Bobby Pins
She does this thing with bobby pins— holds three between her lips like small dark fish
Sunday Night Kitchen
After the sermon, a kitchen light remains. Two people divide the day:
The Long Argument
Marriage is a long argument about the thermostat.
The Slow Arithmetic of Love
We don't say I love you anymore. We say: your phone is at eleven percent. We say: I picked up the thing
The Vows We Actually Meant
We said 'for richer or poorer' but we meant: I will eat gas station sushi with you at midnight and call it a date.
The Wife I Get to Have
Other men describe their wives like cars they've owned too long. I refuse.
To the Woman I Married
I didn't marry the woman I fell in love with. I married the one who showed up after.
What Being in Love Actually Is
It's not the grand gestures. It's not the airport sprint, the boom box on the lawn.
What Marriage Is
This morning you stood at the mirror and cursed your hair with a creativity
What We Promise
When you stand in front of everyone you know and a few people you don't.