One of literary history’s most famous love poems, “Bright Star” was written by English Romantic poet John Keats (1795–1821) and dedicated to his love, Fanny Brawne.

Ali Blythe’s Stedfast (Icehouse, 48 pages, $20) is a book-length response to John Keats’ Last Sonnet. These moving love poems write into the Romantic tradition, making and re-making it for the ...

“Romantic Poet,” by Diane Seuss, is one of the best things that our critic A.O. Scott read (and reread) this year. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott Let’s talk about love. That’s what the ...

We’ve compiled the best ones right here for you. 20 funny and romantic ‘roses are red’ poems for Valentine’s Day. Roses are red, violets are blue, white wine costs less than a dinner for two.

These moving poems are a reminder that on Valentine’s Day, it’s OK to celebrate a broader definition of love. Some of the Renaissance’s most romantic love poems weren’t for lovers Home ...

A new biography and a career-spanning collection of Anthony Hecht’s work show how fluent he was in his period’s style, and hint at the ways it might have restrained him.

There are so many other Renaissance Italian poems written for friends, parents, children and grandchildren – not to mention fiery love poems dedicated to Jesus and the saints, some by clerics ...