Top 10 love poems

John Stammers is a poet and creative writing teacher.

With Valentine's Day looming, he came up with a list of the top ten love poems for the Guardian.

One title on the list:
"The Flea" by John Donne

If there are a number of great conceits in the Marvell, then there is a single one in this, at first sight tasteless masterpiece. Almost, one feels, as an exercise in virtuosity, Donne turns a