May this February 14th be filled with love and romance. Share these poems with your soulmate and let them know how much they ...

Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

Seamus Heaney’s love-poem to marriage, The Skunk, combines exile and erotica, moving from an American wilderness image ...

This Valentine's Day, don't miss the chance to share a heartfelt verse with that special someone who fills your life with joy ...

Poems are such versatile things. They can be as concise as a well-written line but also long enough to fill an entire book.

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

In our new column, Split Gums, Maren Logan reflects on the experience of coming of age and realizing you know way less about ...

We sat down with Poynter senior scholar Roy Peter Clark, author of numerous books including “How to Write Short: Word Craft ...

If you say this to a loved one, you’ll communicate a deep sense of comfort and belonging. “It tells the person they’re more ...

Inorganic and organic, pain and joy are reconciled in Padel’s poetry through a celebration of diversity, emotional, ...