Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the torture of yearning. The Greek poet Sappho knew this even 2,600 years ago. Women ...

Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a valentine poem.

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Nothing New,” which the American poet wrote in 1918, is published for the first time in The New Yorker’s Anniversary Issue.

According to one legend, Pope Gelasius wanted to put an end to the debauchery in the late fifth century. He declared Feb. 14 ...

Faiz Ahmad Faiz is a poet of this family, the family of which Persian poet Nazeeri Nishapuri said, “The one who is not killed ...

Young Brits aren't keen on classic love poems this Valentine's Day with most thinking the works of Shakespeare and Keats are ...

Valentine's Day is a time for poetry, to speak of love and how romance and relationships change and deepen over time. Elders ...

Here we go again. It’s Valentine’s Day, the annual global showcase of public displays of affection, overpriced flowers, SRO ...

One way to think of poems is as the stories of a moment. All art, at its root, is a way of telling stories. Even paintings — ...

Save your money on expensive Hallmark cards, and instead make a personalized card using artificial intelligence.

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