Among the knotty metaphysical poets who populated the first literary generation after Shakespeare, John Donne (1572–1631) is easily the knottiest. His poems are marvels of mental engineering, ...

you may wonder how to identify them. Treat everyone you meet as if they are one and you’ll be right every time. I’d like to send angels to where all the wars are to distract the perpetrators with ...

It's not easy expressing your adoration for the woman in your life. Select some love poems for her and tell her how you really feel. Love languages may vary from one person to another, but it would be ...

I really enjoy writing Christmas poems, and have composed fourteen since 1996. It's a very different form of writing for an apologist like myself, whose subject matter is almost exclusively ...

Instead of greeting cards and chocolates this Valentine's Day, poet Kwame Alexander has packaged up for you a poem inspired by kids' definitions of love. Last month, NPR asked elementary and high ...

Back in January, in honor of Valentine's Day, Morning Edition announced a love poem request line: Send us your memories of love and relationships, and author Kwame Alexander will find a poem that ...

To conclude its week of work from living poets, the “Poem of the Day” feature of The New York Sun turns to Dana Gioia — as distinguished a poet as America can boast. The former chair of the National ...