Seamus Heaney’s love-poem to marriage, The Skunk, combines exile and erotica, moving from an American wilderness image ...

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

But, unfortunately, Hallmark rhymes rarely mine the depths of love and desire. So, if you’re looking for the perfect words for your loved one this year, why not share one of these poems ...

An old, old, old, old, old (key word is old here), old flame of mine from my freshman year of high school recently sent me this poem: ...

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Katie Mitchell, an Atlanta author and owner of Instagram store Good Books ATL, spent two years touring the country’s Black bookstores.

Welcome to Love ... the love letter, whether it’s crafted in the DMs, over text, or even on paper. Some people send songs, but Aria Aber, author of the novel Good Girl and the poetry collection ...

You certainly can, but a love letter can be whatever you choose, like a short poem, a list of shared memories or inside jokes, and even a playlist. To really make your letter special, Syme ...

Lisa Schnebly Heidinger and Julie Morrison traveled across Arizona, writing poems and prose to document their journey in ...

This elegiac poem captures the memory of a childhood summer and a father’s love ... their own perceptions of love and connection. This poem is a love letter to the power of books and libraries.

For every darling I’ve mailed myself to. Rubbing shoulders with birthday cards, tax notices, divorce papers, bank statements. Rumbling down Interstate 75, the mailman hums a lyric about love & ...