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

Snippets of poetry have provided writer Irene Latham enough wisdom to fill a book. She shares several in this week's column.

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, which attempt ...

What jumps into your mind when you think of the most famous poems ever written? Shakespearean love poems? Something longer that you might find in a poetry book? Maybe something by Poe or Dickinson?

Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott Let’s talk about love. That’s what the people in this poem seem to be doing. The author and her friend, a scholar, are debating the crushworthiness of a certain ...

But in carrying out my research on Renaissance literature and gender, I’ve been struck by how many of that period’s love poems were not for lovers. These sonnets, composed for friends and ...

No other season evokes such joy, love and wistful nostalgia, and we’ve selected 15 Christmas poems that perfectly capture all those sentiments with a pretty ribbon on top. As a longtime poetry ...

COLLECTED POEMS: Including Late and Uncollected Work, by Anthony Hecht. Edited by Philip Hoy. LATE ROMANCE: Anthony Hecht — A Poet’s Life, by David Yezzi To write about the poet Anthony Hecht ...