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Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

your long-time neighbor down the street or even your fellow dog-walking pal, these platonic love poems about friendship are tailor-made for every type of friend in your life. They’re sweet and ...

Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...

Avraham Sutzkever’s astonishing life story is being told ... rhythm of poetic meter — short, short, long, and sometimes long, short, long. His poems about the Holocaust in Vilnius and his ...