In their final interview before dying at 49, Andrea Gibson reads a tender poem for their wife that’s now touching hearts across the internet.

A video reading of the poem, titled "Love Letter From the Afterlife" went viral after Gibson's passing was announced -- with thousands of people saying how much comfort it had brought them.

Welcome mats bearing the legend “difficult” and “allusive” are the ones often placed by critics at the door of T. S. Eliot’s ...

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 ...

Beth Calik, a recent transplant to Petersburg, Virginia, has discovered her passion for poetry. Calik's poem "The Shadows of the Lost Souls" reflects on the city's past struggles and hopes for ...

When I heard that a previously unpublished poem by Robert Frost had been discovered, I was skeptical. I know Frost’s poetry well, having written “Robert Frost: A Life” and, quite recently, a ...

Why do rebels and revolutionaries love “Paradise Lost”? John Milton’s epic poem has galvanised rabble-rousers for centuries Satan, coming in hot Photograph: Getty Images Jan 1st 2025 | 4 min ...

The Courier Journal's garden columnist writes a poem to Mother Nature, thanking her for the joyful bounty that is trees.

Madonna's songs are great, but they usually aren't considered poetic. Despite this, Madonna's "Justify My Love" was based on a poem that the Material Girl did not write.

Archaeology & History The Hunt: The Search for Sappho’s Lost Poetry Awaits a New Chapter The Greek poet frequently pined for women in tender yet charged lines about love’s ravages.