As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems ... find truly good poetry books.

But, unfortunately, Hallmark rhymes rarely mine the depths of love and desire. So, if you’re looking for the perfect words for your loved one this year, why not share one of these poems ...

Is love still possible? Have we waited too long? I say “we” because the language of the poem is so vivid and immediate ... Chicago where she grew up. The book illuminates the lives of ...

I only feel it, and I’m torn in two. Seamus Heaney’s love-poem to marriage, The Skunk, combines exile and erotica, moving from an American wilderness image reminiscent of Elizabeth Bishop ...

Dickinson never married, though she fell in love with a number of unavailable men and women. This poem seems to point to her relationship with the Rev. Charles Wadsworth, a married Presbyterian ...

An Oxford researcher found a rare, handwritten variation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous love poems. About 400 years ago, its meaning might have been very different. By Amelia Nierenberg ...