What kind of love poems are you in the mood for? Throughout literary history, love poems have connected lonely hearts, ...

Friendship poems to celebrate your bestie Birthdays are fantastic occasions, but who says you can’t celebrate friendship any ...

Her poem Variations on the Word Love discusses many forms of love, but ultimately, for me, it is a reminder of the awesome power of that emotion. She speaks of how the word "love" - only four ...

A hymn to mercy and love, “Love Calls Us to the Things of This World” springs to my lips when my heart is quiet. I teach it ...

As I weaved through the verses, I felt myself steadying on stage, anticipating the next line and delivering it with just the ...

Thanksgiving poems celebrate pretty much every aspect of the holiday—gratitude, family, nature and love. But George Parsons Lathrop tackles the feature of utmost importance: the feast.

We present an extract from The Irish Writers Handbook 2025, the essential guide to writing and getting published, with ...

In one of the most famous love poems of all time, Burns goes all out to express the wonder of love: It’s beautiful like a flower, it’s sweet like music, it’s deep as the sea. And Burns isn ...

Wedding readings are a case in point. The internet has more love poems that you could shake a diamante-clad veil at, but choosing something that speaks to you is a tough proposition. Unless you ...

You can read Minneapolis poet Danez Smith’s work in two new books or, if you happen to be in New York, on subway walls.

Musicians have long taken inspiration from poetry for their work; here are four rock songs that pull from well-known poems.

Poetry is a fascinating form of art with a long and beautiful history. However, it often doesn’t get the recognition it ...