Romanticism: (Noun) The state or quality of being romantic.

Just in case you had the gall to think Madonna and A-Rod's relationship didn't go deeper than bench presses and fucking, she'll have you know he has the deep and complex soul of a poet. So there.

Sources close to Madge tell the Chicago Sun-Times she's so smitten with her rumored Yankee lover, she informed a close pal he "has the heart of a poet trapped inside an insanely gorgeous body." Rodriguez, meanwhile, has been writing "sweet, personal and rambling expressions of his feelings," the paper reports. "Sort of like old-fashioned love notes." (Source)

Oh yeah, he sounds like a regular Lord Byron. If only Lord Byron had also been adept at hitting a ball with a big stick and then running really fast. I guess that's what makes the difference between a regular old poet and a Renaissance Man like A-Rod.

Yeah, yeah. Madonna is still gross, as of last weekend: