What jumps into your mind when you think of the most famous poems ever written? Shakespearean love poems? Something longer ...

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

Black History Month traces back to 1915, half a century after the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States. In that pivotal year, Carter G. Woodson and Jesse E. Moorland founded ...

With February being Black History Month, it’s important to reflect on and appreciate the rich cultural history that exists ...

Sassoon and Owen capture in verse the sheer frightfulness of trench warfare; they are the supreme English war poets of their ...

The reason for this lies in the very heart of his poetry and poetic idiom ... and – if this phrase doesn’t sound too oxymoronic – even a popular poet. Bolesław Leśmian was born in Warsaw in 1877. He ...

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

Over the centuries, poets have often used ancient Greece as their "muse," resulting in some of the most magnificent poems ever written.

Shadwell’s poetry expresses his wit and occasional bawdiness. His poem Love In Their Little Veins Inspires is about the seasonal nature of love in birds. Nicholas Rowe was a popular figure in ...

Over the course of nearly two centuries, the American jeweller has become synonymous with romance and engagements. Read more ...