Passionate Love Letters – An Anthology of Desire

One night when there was
a clear moon, I sat down to write a poem about maple-trees.
But the dazzle
of Moonlight
in the ink
blinded me, and I could only write what I remembered.
Therefore, on the wrapping
of my poem
I have inscribed your name.

Facsimile reproductions of actual love letters include the correspondence of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Horatio Nelson and Emma Hamilton, Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, and other famous couples.