Throughout history, poets have captured the essence of love, desire, longing, and devotion in their verses. Romantic poetry ...

A week ago, I had a column titled Poems by Heart. The column drew responses from many readers, which I will publish in due course. (Thank you, by the way — thank you for those responses.) ...

This is called learning a poem ‘off by heart’. It’s a great way to really show you understand the poem and have some fun sharing it with other people! It’s not always easy though.

Altogether, 54 poets, aged 16 to 40, were selected to appear in My Next Heart: New Buffalo Poetry. These poets have become an integral part of the city’s literary scene, in one way or another ...

There are many songs about hearts. Billy Ray Cyrus scored a hit using the kind of babble one uses with an infant in “Achy Breaky Heart.” Also, Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and its epic ...