Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition? Think again.

Poetry is all about making us feel. Happy, sad, amused; it's all about the feelings. Check out these fantastic poems, chosen to make you laugh, cry and smile.

I am not a romantic person. Don't get me wrong, if you want to festoon me with flowers or dump a box of chocolates in my lap, I won't be mad at it. But if a guy were to compose me a love poem and then ...

Memorable love poems from the BBC TWO series read by a host of performers including Ralf Little, Amanda Holden, Andrew Lincoln, Stephen Tompkinson and Ioan Gruffudd. Passionate, touching and amusing, ...