Video: 'You're looking at the gift wrap and not the jewel inside': 92-year-old shares moving poem on aging that will bring even the hardest of hearts to tears 92-year-old Wanda B. Goines is ...

And the love story is clearly not a main focus of “Iliad,” as Troilus is dead by the time the poem begins. “For me, though, it’s more about everybody’s individual struggle with the monster of war,” ...

In “On the Death of a Young Lady of Five Years of Age,” Wheatley seeks ... mournful remembrance poem about his dear sister ...

Shakespeare reading "Hamlet" to his family, circa 1600. Most people confuse a sonnet and a poem, but they have slight differences. A sonnet is a specific type of poem, typically consisting of 14 ...

The old crowd knew their place. Don’t say a word. Quick now. The table’s free. Good evening, ladies. Do ignore us. Thank you. Sean O'Brien's most recent collection of poems, Embark ...

Poe’s use of old-fashioned language further adds to the depth of this poem and the meaning behind it. Poe’s use of this language is not just a stylistic choice, but a deliberate tool that adds ...

On October 9, 1849, just two days after Edgar Allan Poe died, the final poem he wrote before his death was released. “Annabel Lee” told the story of a young love cut short. In their youth (I ...

Poetry is close to my heart. I would be lost without its very specific magic, its ability to spark wonder and shock and to open up fresh vistas on life in God. But as W. H. Auden famously says in his ...

Cat Deeley was left in tears this morning during her ITV show when Ben Shephard surprised her with a birthday celebration ...

I Am Maria: My Poems and Reflections on Heartbreak, Healing, and Hope' will hit bookshelves on April 1, 2025 Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

“Old age should burn and rave at close of day,” wrote the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. “Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” If Donald Trump has ever read that poem — an unlikely ...