Eros
Passionate desire
A longing fire
Philia
Loyalty, trust
Respect: a must
Storge
Familiar foundations
Comfortable bonded relations
Agape
Grace unconditional
Compassion by principle
Ludus
Playful flirtation
Light dance relation
Pragma
Invested practicality
Commitment and compatibility
Philautia
Understanding self-care
Balanced and fair
Mania
Tormented obsession
Jealous dependent possession
Shared with W3 prompt #179:
Write 5 separate Hay(na)ku poems, each about a different aspect of love, including but not limited to:
Romantic love, familial love, self-love, unrequited love, enduring/timeless love.
Each poem should stand alone but together create a layered meditation on love.
After reading through others’ entries for this prompt, I was inspired to give it another try, particularly after learning more about the Greek Gods of love. Above is the new entry, below the original (titled Curriculum).
1994ever 
Beautiful thoughts
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Thanks Sadje 🙏
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You’re welcome ☺️
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Had to read it twice to try to place the different types of love… Had to exercise the grey matter!! Nicely done!
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Thank you 🙏
I was a little lazy and just went in the order given and not given much thought to other variations on the theme. I think I will try this again based on the information from your post on the Greek Gods.
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Shaun the second effort is outstanding!! Bravo poet!!!
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Shaun, I love how you framed each kind of love through the Greek lens. “Grace unconditional / Compassion by principle” really stands out to me as the heart of it all.
~David
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Cheers David 🙏
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very well written..🫶
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Thank you 🙏
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