Acclaimed Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) wrote this exquisite poem for fiery Irish revolutionary and actress Maud Gonne in 1899. Arguably one of the most beautiful love poems ever ...

Sometimes we all need a cathartic cry. If that’s you today, then give these beautiful and moving poems, selected by women including Judi Dench, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Elena Ferrante ...

Judith Beveridge’s poetic eye has always been unblinking. She continues to stare even when the sight is shocking, and she ...

In the 48-line-poem, he tells the story of a beautiful palace that falls into ruin, but this ruin is Poe’s symbolism for a mind that is slowly descending into madness, and as Poe said ...

From love poems for her and love poems for him to words exploring issues of unity and injustice, gender and race, the best poem books explore all aspects of life.

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In an acrostic poem, the first letter of each line spells a word. The word is the subject of the poem. She really really likes stars. But this is no ordinary poem. This is an acrostic. So there is ...

When JaNaé Bates, a minister and co-director of the influential progressive religious group Faith in Minnesota, told me a ...