These 6 poems capture the essence of unrequited love. Share them with that special someone who doesn't feel the same way, but ...

Consider the last two lines of Raleigh's "On the Cards and Dice" below: "An herald strange, the like was never born,/ Whose very beard is flesh, and mouth is horn." They give me a slight shiver still.

Mary Oliver's Felicity (Penguin Press, $24.95), forthcoming next month, is a breezy, inviting collection of love poems that celebrates the divine as much as it does the natural world or human ...

2. “Love” by Sappho. Love, like a mountain-wind upon an oak, Falling upon me, shakes me leaf and bough. ... Despite having only two lines, this short poem is a strong example of imagism, ...

Essential Poems (To Fall in Love With) BBC TWO, February. This Valentine's Day, the BBC celebrates the nation's love of poetry with a season of programming to inspire lovers and poets everywhere ...

The first two lines should rhyme, ... The American cinquain is a particular type of five-line poem originated by Adelaide Crapsey, ... love, for thee. 6.

Two lines keep bringing me back: “i’m waiting for a few folks/i love dearly to die so i can be myself.” In this world filled, sometimes, with more breakdowns than breaks, it feels sometimes ...

Both love and vulnerability are present in the poem “What I Mean When I Say Harmony,” though toughness also makes an appearance. Its first line is: “dear boy be the muscle: / make music to ...

A 1992 poem Bukowski originally entitled “stone tiger, frozen sea,” was completely reworked with just two lines left unchanged. Its new title: “like a dolphin.” “Bukowski was not a ...

Her poetry collection, fox woman get out!, was a finalist for Poetry Society of America’s 2024 Norma Farber First Book Award. Currently at work on a book of mythology and creative nonfiction ...