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

MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN’S devastated girlfriend Charlotte ended his funeral with a poem to “my endless love”. The Irish jockey, 24 ...

On Valentine’s Day, four classical dancers — Navia Natarajan, N. Srikanth, Divya Devaguptapu and Amrita Lahiri write about ...

For every stamp I’ve licked and locked on my skin. For every darling I’ve mailed myself to. Rubbing shoulders with birthday cards, tax notices, divorce […] ...

Ahead of the publication of her new novel, Dream Count, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tells the story of her first love.

Now that I’m not in love with anyone, I recognize what a privilege it was to love in the first place — to know what that all ...

A relationship expert explains how to write a love letter — including how to start a love letter — and why you should write ...

As people do, I write practical, purpose-built lists even when I suspect I will neglect them. They are like ...

People have been using weak knees to describe their emotions for longer than you may think.

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Heather Lende ... We have taught our grandchildren to hold hands and give thanks. But with company — especially mixed faith or no faith company ...

Little Nina sat at the dining table, her tiny fingers sinking into the warm, fluffy rice, mixing it deftly with the golden ...