The simplicity and precision of short Japanese poems ... love—many scholars believe Dickinson’s romantic poems were actually about her sister-in-law. Ashamed of what small gifts he brings.

The Romantic poets redefined how we think about topics such as nature, revolution and the imagination - but just how well do you know them? And how romantic were they really? BBC Bitesize ...

The gift of verse may carry extra cachet this Valentine’s Day, on the heels of Taylor Swift’s announcement that her next album is ... that half of Shakespeare’s poems were addressed to a young man, an ...

If you're stuck on what to write in a Valentine's Day card, you can take inspiration from these 10 romantic poems. I love you like this because I don’t know any other way to love, except in this ...

This is one of Poe’s most well-rounded poems ... but after her death, she seemingly comes back to life and, in a moment of horror, transforms into Ligeia. This short story is a good read ...

In another, a character’s deep, forbidden craving becomes her ... Merrill Short has a nice, long subtitle: An International Anthology of Five Centuries of Short-Short Stories, Prose Poems ...

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.

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 ...

The masnavi, for example, is a long narrative romantic poem like The Roman de la ... The reading of the poems starts with the youngest or the least known poet. An oil lamp or lighted candle is placed ...

The past is present: the 2024 NYFF Revivals section featured films about labor and dreams, including Zeinabu irene Davis’s ...