Lessons from Pablo Neruda’s mind-bending verse. By Nicholas Casey My friend Ravi introduced me to the love poems of Pablo Neruda when we were teenagers. On the cover of the writer’s ...

This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Marilyn Singer, who divides her time between Brooklyn, New York and Washington, Connecticut. This is Marilyn’s second column in the series. Her ...

You shared stories of being smitten, stories of betrayal and even a love letter to a dog. Here, author Kwame Alexander selects poems that get to the heart of those experiences.

It seems there is poetry that can be found about any subject, especially love. Here are six of the best short love poems to help anyone nourish their heart and soul. Poetry is meant to feed the soul.

I arrived in the U.S., for graduate study, in literature, in the fall of 1986. I was twenty-three. After a year, I began to paint, even though I had come to the U.S. intending to become a writer.

From classics to modern masterpieces, these great poetry books—recommended by poets themselves—belong on your bookshelf.

Kirby, who is married to poet Barbara Hamby, has just turned 80 this fall. Yet the title of his newest collection of new and previously published poems, “Winter Dance Party,” reflects who the ...

When one reads these lines by Kalidasa, one experiences a living, breathing presence of love. This is sringara. Poetry, sculpture and painting can evoke joy, even exhilaration. Sringara, one of ...