We Say It Like We Mean It
After all is said and done, Love gives us what's fair. We learn to say "I love you" until Love decides to stay.
The Positive Love Poet
Celebrating the Synergy, Healing, and Joy of Love
Love poetry about what two people build together: healing, rejuvenation, and the warmth of everyday devotion. Start reading and see why readers keep coming back.
Featured Poem
We Say It Like We Mean It
Love crouches at the starting line, waiting for us to beckon it forward. This is Positive Love Poetry: the rejuvenating choice to invite love forward with patience and good intentions.
by Dave TeboFresh from the Garden
Latest Poems
Visual, concrete verses celebrating love, humor, and the courage to stay connected.
FunFillyFanTastic
"I sense an empty lonely hammock somewhere!" We both dash like crazy towards the door to the outside deck.
Confident in the Strength of Imperfection
The strength to stand naked before our enemies, and not bat one eyelash. To be fully immersed in one's own imperfection.
Featured Collection
Love Dotes on Our Attention
Poems about staying focused, saying "I love you" like you mean it, and giving love the attention it needs to grow.
Love Dotes on Our Attention
Love Dotes on Our Attention
When we ignore love or argue with our lover, it waits. When we smile and beckon it forward, it comes. This collection is about that proactive choice: giving potential its due, staying focused through distraction, and dwelling on love's rejuvenating, healing power.
Kind Words
What Readers Say
Dave's poetry feels like a conversation with a wise, loving friend. The images stick: hammocks flipping, lattes steaming, ships pulling anchor. I read one poem every morning with my coffee.
"I bought Love Dotes on Our Attention for my wife on our anniversary. She cried happy tears. Now we take turns reading poems aloud before bed."
Finally, a love poet who celebrates the synergy and healing power of love with humor, concrete imagery, and refreshing authenticity. I recognize my own relationship in every poem.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Positive Love Poetry?
Positive Love Poetry is Dave Tebo's approach to writing about love: poetry that dwells on the synergy between lovers and the rejuvenating, healing power of devotion. His verses are insightful and concrete, written so readers can understand them and connect them to their own lives. Read more on the About page.
How is Dave's work different from typical love poetry?
Most love poetry dwells on loss, longing, or heartbreak. Dave writes from a different direction: celebrating real connection, humor in long relationships, and love's healing, rejuvenating power. His poems acknowledge life's hardship while dwelling on the synergy lovers create together and the good that comes from patience and class in daily life.
Why does visual, concrete imagery matter?
Dave believes poems should feel tangible, not vague. You should see the empty hammock, taste the extra-crunchy peanut butter, feel the chilly breeze raising goosebumps. Concrete images make love feel present and real, not abstract and distant. Browse the Poetry Library to experience this firsthand.
Who is Dave Tebo?
Dave Tebo is a poet known as "The Positive Love Poet." He writes poetry celebrating love, connection, romance, humor, and authentic human relationships across three collections: Cross Every Bridge (2021), Love Dotes on Our Attention (2024), and Love-Smitten (2025).
Where can I read Dave Tebo's poems?
All poems are available free in the Poetry Library. You can also purchase his collections in Books.
Does Dave Tebo offer poetry readings?
Yes! Watch readings and interviews on the Media page, or contact Dave for event inquiries.
What is positive love poetry reddit
Positive love poetry is Dave Tebo's signature style: love poems that celebrate synergy, healing, and everyday devotion. Readers searching Reddit for uplifting romantic poetry often discover Dave's work because it focuses on long relationships, marriage, and humor rather than heartbreak. Browse the Poetry Library or read about his philosophy on the About page.
Best love poems for long term relationships reddit
Dave Tebo writes relationship poetry for couples who have weathered ordinary Tuesdays together. Poems like We Say It Like We Mean It and FunFillyFanTastic use concrete imagery to capture the humor and warmth of enduring love. See the full collection in Books.
Love poetry that celebrates marriage reddit
Dave's marriage poems and anniversary poetry appear in all three collections, especially Love Dotes on Our Attention. His verses celebrate choosing each other again and again. Subscribe to the Weekly Love Note for a new poem every Sunday.