We could “count the ways” (speaking of poetry ... is something like Italy’s national poem. Everyone knows it, or a great many know it. Know it by heart. Memorizing the poem is part of ...

Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

Over the course of nearly two centuries, the American jeweller has become synonymous with romance and engagements. Read more ...

Four incredibly strong women, all with a shared ability – like most of us – to be moved to tears by a line of poetry ... “I learnt this poem by heart as a young teenager, and it has stayed ...

One of the best things about learning poetry by rote is that you get to learn not just by heart, but with heart. The poem becomes a part of you. It’s a link back to the person you were when you ...

By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary,” will ... gritty working-class truth-telling of contemporary poets like Diane Seuss and the antic daring of those ...