The Timeless Nature of Contemporary Love Poetry

The word timeless in reference to contemporary love poetry, may leave some baffled and wondering what that really means. Is contemporary poetry not just for its time, which is the present?

Contemporary love poets would argue that contemporary does imply 'now' in every era.

What makes contemporary love poetry timeless is love. In other words, its key poetic element is the love that it expresses. By its very nature, love surpasses all of the boundaries of time.

Contemporary love poetry has a potency or vitality that reveals the energy of life. Words or expressions used to convey the vitality inherent within contemporary love poetry may be unique to a peculiar era. Over time, the categorization and differentiation of eras becomes possible through these unique words or expressions. Each one has its own time.

Love is timeless by its very nature and even though the poetic expression of love is unique to its own era, this does not mean that at the close of any particular era, the love poetry loses its meaning or significance. If anything, the contemporary love poetry lives on because of its innate vitality. Love does not die although it may be locked away, hidden or stifled.

Contemporary love poets may pass away too, but their contemporary love poetry which is timeless by its very nature, invariably lives on.

Times change and so do people. This includes contemporary love poets whose original understanding of love may change over time. This can lead to a further development of their poetic work based upon the foundation of love which they and others who have preceded them previously, have already laid.

Love gives birth to love in each new era. Contemporary love poets give birth to other contemporary love poets. Contemporary love poetry gives birth to more contemporary love poetry.

There is always an element of mystery in the timeless nature of contemporary love poetry, as each contemporary love poet inquires into the mystery of love during his or her own life time. The mystery begins to unravel as each contemporary love poet relates to time and its timelessness through his or her contemporary poetic works on the topic of love.