Lucretia Maria Davidson wrote this poem when she was only 15 years old. Written in the early 1800s, “A Song” criticizes our obsession with ambition and fame, the reasons for much of the modern ...

In the stillness of dawn, just as the sun began to stretch its light across the sky, my grandmother would already be rising ...

Typically wearing leisurewear, the Canadian radio show host looks into a camera in the soundproof studio she created in her ...

In Alice Pung’s family, love was imbued with anxiety and fear. But in books, adults had reasoned discussions and talked to ...

So don't dismiss poetry as only being about love, life, death, and the current political climate. And don't dismiss those MBOEs in your own life! Who knows what random, unspectacular subject is ...

For only Gossamer, my Gown— My Tippet—only Tulle— We paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground— The Roof was scarcely visible— The Cornice—in the Ground— ...

These 6 poems capture the essence of unrequited love. Share them with that special someone who doesn't feel the same way, but ...

16. "I wasn't expecting you. I didn't think that we would end up together. The single most extraordinary thing I've ever done with my life is fall in love with you. I've never been seen so completely, ...

Some of the best poetry in the world is written about complicated love, wrong love, toxic love, but in the spirit of Valentine’s Day I’ve tried to get over my own hang-ups and share that ...

Most of Dickinson’s poems are only two or three stanzas long. So it is unusual that “I cannot live with You” stretches to 12 stanzas. (Read it here.) It begins baldly: I cannot live with You – ...

Will You Fall in Love With This Poem? I Did. “Romantic Poet,” by Diane Seuss, is one of the best things that our critic A.O. Scott read (and reread) this year. Share full article 273 ...