I Love You: Poems on the Meaning of Love for People in Love [Hardcover]

Susan Polis Schutz (Author), Stephen Schutz Ph.D. (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1999

I LOVE YOU is a beautifully sensitive collection of love poems by America's bestselling poet, Susan Polis Schutz. It will help every reader understand what true love is. Inspired by her own real-life love story, Susan opens her heart in this book to reveal her deepest feelings about love and her relationship with Stephen Schutz.

In I LOVE YOU, Susan's poems answer everyone's questions about love. She writes about what love is; being afraid to love; loneliness; how to have a lasting relationship; why love is so essential; the commitment to love; and how and why her relationship with Stephen continues to be the most important part of her life. Through her poetry, Susan explores the many aspects of love and love relationships in words that everyone can relate to. As Susan writes:

"Love is being happy for the other person when they are happy. Being sad for the person when they are sad. Being together in good times. And being together in bad times... Love is the source of life."

Stephen Schutz's innovative artistic genius perfectly complements Susan's words. He expresses his love for Susan through softly inspiring paintings that sensitively interpret the mood and feeling of her poems. Together, this talented, loving couple achieves an unparalleled creative blend of art, poetry, and love.

I LOVE YOU is everything you ever wanted to say to someone you love, and more. It is a promise to support, cherish, understand, and share every aspect of yourself with the one you love.

Editorial Reviews

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All The Moments Of Love
Always Appreciate The Person You Love
Always Be Honest In Love
Before I Met You
Don't Be Afraid To Love
Don't Take Love For Granted
Everyone Needs Reassurance That They Are Loved
Expressing Hurt Feelings May Be Hard, But Is Is Important
Feelings Are Important
I Am Always Here
I Look At Your Face
I Love You
I Love You For Being So Honest
I Love You More Than Love
I Love You So Much
I Miss You So
I Never Knew How It Felt
I Want Our Relationship To Last
I Want To Have A Lasting Relationship With You, Even Though
I Want To Wake Him
I Want To Walk With You In Love
I Will Stay In Love With You...
The Importance Of Love
In The Morning
In The Past, Love Was Only A Dream
It Is Not Necessary To Follow Preconceived Ideas
It Is Sad When People Are Not Willing To Work At Love
Love
Love Can Last Forever If You Want It To
Love Is
Love Takes Time
Make A Triumph Of Every Aspect Of Life
Many Experiences And Feelings May Be Necessary Before Being
Music Touches Feelings
My Body Is On Fire With The Afterglow Of Love
My Dream Is You
No Matter What, I Love You
No One Is Perfect
Only Love Can Assure Us That The World Will Remain Beautiful
Sometimes I Am In A Room Full Of People
Sometimes I Wake Up
Take Risks For Love
Thank You For The Day We Met And I Love You
Though I May Not Have Shown It Lately, I Am So Thankful
Treat Each Day As If Love Were New
When I Wake Up And See You In The Morning
When We First Met I Held Back So Much
With You I Can Be Myself
Without Love, I Could Not Enjoy Life
You Are My World, You Are My Love
You Must Be Happy With Yourself Before Someone Else Can Be
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder® --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Blue Mountain Arts (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0883964902
• ISBN-13: 978-0883964903
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #538,236 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Enduring Great Loves, February 13, 2003

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Patricia B. Ross (Wellesley, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Love You: Poems on the Meaning of Love for People in Love (Hardcover)

To gain a sense of the "great love," one that endures and is made more in the design of those that require great sacrifice and that can produce great momentum through the fusion of two souls and their expression, it is first necessary to glimpse the potential and art that love can produce. Ordinary loves of today that focus upon partnerships or sex often fail to envision the full body of the developmentally well formed love that requires the work and investment that is likely to produce it. Endurance comes from that personal and emotional investment. Such great joy and delight doesn't require constant presence but a sense of togetherness that is a presence, committed and faithful, regardless of what occurs in daily lives. Love is felt first in the heart, and extended to the mind to develop its potential, to radiate within its glory, and to move mountains, whether they are seen by others or not. To envision that love is not possible without "giving in to love" without preconception to discover its transformational power. Great and historic poems have captured this essence and been successful in describing it though few understand its process and give credence to its effect. Love is always humble in its beginnings and in its maintenance, and unashamed in its expression since the crime is in not acknowledging its power. The sharing of love helps to keep the world a kinder place, a necessity for most, to feel optimistic and to be productive. How unkind a world it would be were there no love in the lives we live, and how fruitless and wasteful. The blossoming of love is the essence of beauty and expressed most clearly in the natural blooming of flowers, especially roses. The baby's breath combined with roses is to help us appreciate the special delicacy of love and how important it is to nurture those feelings, even in their tiny white purity that displays the passion and complexity of the blossoming flower of love which is enduring but can die without being appreciated or explored in its spiraled intricate interior. Poems like this help to reveal that vision for greatness, as traditional as ever.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars There should be a rating for zero stars., February 14, 2001

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M. Wagner (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Love You: Poems on the Meaning of Love for People in Love (Hardcover)

This is not poetry, it's drivel. This is not a book of poetry, it's the diary of a sentimentalist. Substitute the words -Dear diary- for the title of each "poem" and you'll begin to see what I mean.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, April 24, 2009

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Guillermo Rosado - See all my reviews
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