Whatever emotion you're feeling can be found in poetry. So when life brings you down, turn to these inspirational poems to lift your spirits.

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

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

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 ...

Not only is it one of the most famous poems ever written, but it’s also one of his most beautiful and iconic love poems. Want to express deep affection?

Incorporating a short poem into your wedding not only beautifies the ceremony but also leaves an indelible mark on the hearts ...

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

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 ...

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

“Romantic Poet,” by Diane Seuss, is one of the best things that our critic A.O. Scott read (and reread) this year.

“Then word spread, and pretty soon I was writing so many of these love letters, in exchange for ‘tea money’. It was only much later that I realised they were my first attempts at poetry.” ...