Secret love is an intense and hidden feeling, expressed in whispers and furtive glances. These poems capture that hidden passion, burning silently.

Here are some beautiful and heartfelt love poems dedicated to secret affairs, those forbidden loves that can't be flaunted in front of others.

April is Poetry Month, a painful reminder for some, who suffered under English teachers who made them write about the cherry tree wearing white for Eastertide or “The Love Song of J. Alfred P… ...

Thirty-one love poems go back to scenes in Florence in 1284 when he was 18: a young man vibrating in “the most secret room of the heart” since the age of 9.

Netflix's A Secret Love Uncovers a 70-Year Hidden Lesbian Romance: Read the Women's Emotional Poems Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel shared a love that endured decades and discrimination for over 70 ...

Podcast: Secret Holocaust poems set to haunting music by survivor’s granddaughter Czech-born musician Lenka Lichtenberg speaks about her new album, ‘Thieves of Dreams,’ based on poetry ...

'It was Yeats’s lessons in lovesex that hit home': poets on their favourite love poems for St Valentine’s Day ...

The Netflix documentary "A Secret Love" recounts the 72-year relationship between Pat Henschel and Terry Donahue, who had to hide their true selves from the world.

Forbidden lovers Penny Umbers and Mark Bethel separated due to the colour of their skin - now they are sharing their love poems as they plan to get married almost four decades later ...