Natalie Portman has been receiving poetic text messages from Ryan Gosling. The smitten actor is believed to be sweet on the Heat star, who has been romantically linked to married Oscar-winner Sean Penn since splitting from rocker boyfriend Devendra Banhart last September.

A source told The Chicago Sun Times: “Natalie always has been attracted to actors and other men who are intellectuals and Ryan qualifies. Along with continual and very poetic text messages, Ryan has been sending Natalie first editions of books he thinks she would like.”