Choosing the right love poem for your boyfriend can be incredibly nerve-wracking, whether you're in a new relationship or have been together for ages. From sweet, short love poems for him to read on ...

What is at stake in this poem is the speaker’s perception of a life, or afterlife, outside time: not marked off in days, months, and years, but an eternal present, always now.

For poet and academician Ajanta Paul, salt water and the soul’s cry are not distant poles of existence, but intertwined currents of life.