In this masterpiece, the speaker compares his beloved to a summer’s day, only to conclude that they are even more lovely and temperate. This poem contrasts sharply with the more grounded and ...

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, a read.

Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, ...

Valentine's Day isn't the only romantic holiday. Many a couple has enjoyed a midnight kiss at New Year. That’s Liz Lochhead’s inspiration for View of Scotland/Love Poem. The poem combines ...

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.

Please submit up to three poems as Word attachments to poetry@christiancentury.org. Since 1900, the Christian Century has published reporting, commentary, poetry, and essays on the role of faith in a ...

Poetry Day 2022, which falls on October 6 this year, will be marked with the theme Environment. On this occassion, here are some of the poems about climate change you should read. The Greenhouse ...

Memorial Day traditions include religious services, parades, and speeches, according to Britannica. Families and friends often visit cemeteries to place flags, military badges, and flowers on the ...

Eighty-one percent of Americans say the law should not allow companies or other institutions to use religious beliefs to decide whether to offer a service to some people and not others.

Narrative means story and a narrative poem tells a story. Lots of poems are mainly about thoughts and feelings and not about telling a story, so this is a key difference. Key features of narrative ...

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

From the standpoint of statistics and empirical evidence, how much do we know about whether religious or nonreligious people ...