I’m gonna write you a love poem

See how she leans her cheek upon her hand? O, that I were a glove upon that hand, that I might touch that cheek. — Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.

For years, William Shakespeare has been an inspiration for many lovers who want to express their feelings to their beloved. In fact, in years past, a sincere love letter or poem was the surest way to a woman’s heart.

But modern technology has made that kind of action obsolete in some relationships — and apps, emojis and text messaging ‘luv u’ has replaced the sonnets that once wooed women of yesteryear.

Is this kind of romance missed? Are written love notes and poems still relevant? What has been your experience with love letters?

Kurt, 19:

I wrote a love letter to a girl once and she showed it to all of her friends and they laughed, so I haven’t written anymore. But I have that gift within me so I would write one again, for the right person.

Donald, 40:

No man, love letters are still around. It is a dying concept but people still write them.

Mary, 49:

I still get love letters from my husband. He still knows how to melt my heart.

Cassandra, 27:

I would say those days are over.

Saraha, 36:

I can’t say that people no longer do things like that because I know of friends who do those things. But for me personally, I have never received or written any.

Harry, 57:

Back in the day I would write them and send to my girlfriends and they used to love them. Today’s generation don’t know what love is, so they can’t talk about loving anybody.

Millicent, 43:

I remember when I got my first love letter, I was 15. I smiled for the whole day, until I got home and my mother found it and tore it up. I got a love poem a few months ago from my husband. Poor thing, I knew he didn’t write it, but it’s the thought that counts.