She lets out a sigh and has a good cry, I tell her to release her feelings one at a time,” Cecelia, 30, wrote in a poem that ...

Or triumphant. The poem’s most poignant feature may be the soldier’s optimism, his faith in what comes after hell. He insists ...

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

Adam Plunkett’s Love and Need offers something of a recuperation of Robert Frost by reminding us that the poet's fierceness ...

Local writer and poet Béibhinn Thorsch has just self-published a book of poetry called Libran Liturgy after she poured her ...

There are 16 million posts that appear under the “Coffee with My Younger Self” page on TikTok as of Friday, with many users sharing videos with text that begins “I met my younger self for ...

There are rules to each elimination round: Round One (12 poets): Any poem dedicated to the emotion of love is fair game. Poems about self love, love for your sweetheart — even a poem about how much ...

Books about divorce are all the rage, and so, it seems, are divorce stories shared around communal tables. The challenge for ...

In a 1930 letter, Robert Frost stated his priorities as memorably — which, for Frost, meant as mischievously — as possible: “Am I any good? That’s what I’d like to know and all I need to know.” The ...

Ask yourself these questions as you go through a poem: What is the main theme of the poem? Who is the narrator, and to whom is the poem addressed? Are there any time indicators suggesting a time ...

Glyn Maxwell's "Stargazing" embodies the essence of human love. Not flashy, boasting or indulgent, but simple, beautiful and ...