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

Her poem Variations on the Word Love discusses many forms of love, but ultimately, for me, it is a reminder of the awesome power of that emotion. She speaks of how the word "love" - only four ...

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 family, are ...

Musicians have long taken inspiration from poetry for their work; here are four rock songs that pull from well-known poems.

In one of the most famous love poems of all time, Burns goes all out to express the wonder of love: It’s beautiful like a flower, it’s sweet like music, it’s deep as the sea. And Burns isn ...

Wedding readings are a case in point. The internet has more love poems that you could shake a diamante-clad veil at, but choosing something that speaks to you is a tough proposition. Unless you ...

We present an extract from The Irish Writers Handbook 2025, the essential guide to writing and getting published, with ...

The indie-pop singer-songwriter makes her literary debut with ‘Eat the World,’ an insightful and introspective collection ...

Multi-awarded poet, essayist and professor, Rebecca Lindenberg, shared poems from her newest book, “Our Splendid Failure to ...

Once upon a time, many years ago, a young woman pressed her senior prom corsage in a book of Shakespearean love poems. She placed the book on her dressing table next to a framed photo of her with ...

Era is known as the golden age of Chinese literature; application allows users to create personalised poems in the ...

Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha discusses the heart-wrenching moments that inspired his new book, “Forest of Noise.” ...