Is a poem a good way to tell your crush you like her?

That depends on a few things: 1. What do you mean when you say "writing down a poem" * If you mean copying down a poem someone else wrote, it's probably not going to impress a girl as much as writing something yourself * If you mean you are going to write the poem yourself, it depends on whether you are a good poet or not - in general, though, I'd say she'd rather have an original poem that stinks over a copied one from somebody else 2. Does the girl in question like poetry? Not everyone likes reading poems. Some girls would much rather get a heartfelt note or love letter instead. 3. Is this a good poem or not? A good poem is one that is specifically about traits of that one girl - this shows that you appreciate the unique things about her, and are not just looking at her boobs or wanting to get in her pants. Try to come up with things in her personality that impress you, or things that you admire about her as a person. You should probably stay away from talking about her looks, because that is usually a signal to a girl that you just want to get her in the sack! You also need to be vulnerable here, and let your feelings show on the page. Girls communicate more in the feeling/emotion area than guys do, and she's going to be most impressed if you open up and tell her honestly how you feel. Look at this poem by Alaistair Reid: For Her Sake ~

Her world is all aware. She reads

omens in small happenings, the fall of a teaspoon,

flurries of birds, a cat's back arching,

Words unspoken, wine spilt.

She will notice moods in handwriting,

be tuned to feelings in a room,

sense ill-luck in a house, take heed of ghosts,

hear children cry before the sound has reached her,

stay unperturbed in storms, keep silence

where speech would spoil. Days are her changes,

weather her time.

Whether it be becalmed in cool mornings

of air and water, or thunderstruck through nights

where flesh craves and is answered, in her, love

knows no division, is an incarnation

of all her wonder, as she makes

madness subside, and all thought-splintered things

grow whole again.

Look below. She walks in the garden,

preoccupied with paths, head bent,

beautiful, not at rest, as objects are,

but moving, in the fleck of light and shade.

Her ways are hers, not mine. Pointless to make

my sense of her, or claim her faithfulness.

She is as women are, aware

of her own mystery, in her way faithful

to flowers and days; and from the window's distance,

I watch her, haunted by her otherness.

Well to love true women, whose whims are wise,

whose world is warm, whose home is time,

and well to pleasure them, since, last of all,

they are the truth which men must tell,

and in their pleasure, houses lighten,

gardens grow fruitful, and true tales are told.

Well to move from mind's distance

into their aura, where the air

is shifting, intimate, particular.

And of true women, she, whose eyes illumine

this day I wake in ~ well to mark

her weather, how her look is candid,

her voice clear-toned, her heart private,

her love both wild and reticent.

Well to praise and please her, well to make

this for her sake. You have absolutely no idea what this woman looks like, yet you know she is a wonderful, unique woman and that the poet is madly in love with her. If you can write a poem that shows your girl's inner personality as well as Reid has shown his lover's soul, then I cannot think of a girl in the world who would not love getting such a poem. However - just writing a poem isn't going to make her like you, you know. You have to have the sort of personality that "clicks" with hers - are you both introverts or extroverts? Do you like the same sort of hobbies or sports? Do you end up in the same places when you have free time? If your personalities are compatable, and if she does like poetry, then writing a poem is a very good way to get a girl to notice the way you feel.