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

This love poem totally gets that feeling of always ... begins “Secret” by describing the song she would write for her lover, but she then reveals the song can be played only deep in her ...

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

Valentine's Day allows you to express love through thoughtful gestures, gifts, and activities. This article offers 20 ...

Duffy uses the metaphor of an onion to describe the complexity of love in her poem 'Valentine'. "Not a red rose or a satin heart. I give you an onion." On the face of it, Carol Ann Duffy’s ...

The writing in this poem is taut, graceful and intelligent ... of—this lack of conventional beauty, the speaker’s love for her is sincere, and he wouldn’t have it any other way.

True to her humble form, when Joyce Sutphen learned Gov. Mark Dayton was about to appoint her as Minnesota’s poet laureate last August, she responded in kind with a list of people she felt ...