First Love Poems

The experience of falling in love for the first time is graven on the heart of every sentient being. Whether love strikes first at six, sixteen or sixty, it carries an emotional significance which Paul Curtis captures beautifully in this series of first love poems.

The First Time

A poem about a first love which endures, The First Time is tender, sensitive and uplifting.

Love at First Sight

A poem describing how a young man falls instantly and completely in love with the most beautiful vision of womanhood he has ever encountered.

New Love

New Love gives voice to the uncertainties of a young lover at the start of a new romance.

That First Time

Falling in love for the first time, a young couple arrive at a state of unification of the heart, body and soul.

The Search

A poem reflecting on first love in later life, The Search is the touching tale of a chance encounter in an antiquarian booksellers which holds out the promise of satisfying a lifetime of searching.

Our Night Of Firsts

A lifelong romance is recounted from the moment of the young lovers first date and the first kiss.

Dream Girl

Can fantasy ever match up to reality? This is the question posed by the poem Dream Girl, in which the protagonist finally plucks up courage to ask out the girl around whom he built a fantasy relationship.

Natural High

The Natural High of the poem's title is the feeling of elation mixed with delirium that accompanies falling in love.

Sheltered Love

A romance flourishes after divine intervention brings about a chance encounter.

Anne

A woman contemplates what her life will be like after she swaps the solitude of the single state for a relationship with a new found lover.

Little Angel

Oh, for the romance of the bus stop and the enforced intimacy it brings.

From The Moment

From The Moment is a celebration of an enduring relationship and a thank you to the one who made it all possible.