On the Veneration of St. Valentine, Over Many Years

A Collection of Poems

Zach J. Payne
6 min readFeb 16, 2024

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For the last several years, I’ve noticed myself, right around Valentine’s Day, writing a poem about love.

That’s not entirely unique for a poet. In fact, it’s kind of our stchick. But this poem tends to be my “state of the union” on love, so to speak. Kind of an encapsulation of how I feel about love during that…

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