Looking for more than “roses are red, violets are blue?” Here are some poems, short stories, books, and lists to get you through Valentine’s Day or Galentine’s Day.

For Love

• “No Union More Profound” by Nickole Brown & Jessica Jacobs
• “A Negro Love Song” by Paul Laurence Dunbar
• In need of a good cry? Read The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
• “When You Come” by Maya Angelou
• “Having a Coke with You” by Frank O’Hara
• “Mountain Dew Commercial Disguised as a Love Poem” by Matthew Olzmann
• In need of more poems? Visit the Academy of American Poets list

For the Brokenhearted

• “Watch Scars/To The New Boyfriend” by Rudy Francisco
• “Bluets” by Maggie Nelson
• In need of more essays? Check out this collection: The Beauty of the Husband by Anne Carson

For Friends

• “I Had Just Hung Up from Talking To You” by Jessica Greenbaum
• “The F Word” by Lily Pebbles
• In need of some Galentine’s Day feels? Read A Galentine’s Day Reading List from Raych Kreuger at Book Riot