Ah, poetry... I was an English major as an undergrad, so I used to spend hours awash in sonnets and other poems. Very good stuff.
As I said on the parallel thread in the Ladies' Lounge, I wrote a sonnet once for a crush (best friend at the time, unfortunately male and also in love with another girl) and it took a TON of effort. I think I spent weeks on the damn thing. He really liked it, but it didn't help detract from his attention to that other girl!
So much for romance.