Poetry has been, since time immemorial, a refuge for broken hearts and a means to express the deepest emotions ... while my ...

It’s been said that “To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving.” Truer ...

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 ...

Few artists are capable of capturing such emotional intensity as simply and genuinely as poet and artist Lang Leav does in her newest book. Leav’s third book, Memories, is a collection of handpicked ...

Dozens of readers shared stories of how poetry helped them process grief. Trisha Fountain of Ann Arbor, Mich., lost her mother to ... Many readers shared their love for "One Art" by Elizabeth ...

Inspirational poems are like love poems written for life itself. Ahead, you’ll find verses that promise a roller coaster of emotions. We can’t help but hit rough bumps from time to time ...

What jumps into your mind when you think of the most famous poems ever written? Shakespearean love poems ... when it comes to putting our deepest emotions into words. Read on for a dose of ...

the author of a poem entitled, "As I Began to Love Myself": As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth.

This is “Modern Love.” As you probably know, our show is inspired by the “Modern Love” column, where it’s all about the personal essay. But today we’re talking about how poetry can ...

Kwame Alexander's latest book pulls at the heartstrings. It's called Why Fathers Cry at Night, and its rawness is so poignant that Alexander fretted over its very publication. He told NPR that he ...