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

It is a work of sensual lyric poetry that portrays scenes of actual and imagined trysts ... and his right hand embraced me” – as describing God’s embrace of Israel at Mt. Sinai. In a similar fashion, ...

One way to think of poems is as the stories of a moment. All art, at its root, is a way of telling stories. Even paintings — the Mona Lisa is the story of a woman’s smile; the ceiling of the Sistine ...

February the Fourteenth has been a day to give love to others in the name of Saint Valentine. But who is he? Is Valentine's a religious holiday…or Pagan all the way? Where did chocolate come in? Who’s ...

Before 'The Star Spangled Banner' was the national anthem, 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' was the Black national anthem. This ...

Honduran native Daniel Letona immigrated to the Boston area to build a high-tech career. He also found a community in the ...

Gorman cautions parents to be awake to the rise in book bans across the country, which will primarily impact children of middle and low-income families.

Throughout history, poets have captured the essence of love, desire, longing, and devotion in their verses. Romantic poetry ...

Join us as we celebrate with 80 couples taking part in a Valentine's Day event hosted by the BBC at Coventry Cathedral.

Daniel Letona, winner of the Dan Lewis fellowship from Worcester County Poetry Association, reads his poem, "my mom asks me" ...

Figuring out what to do with the 'Song of Songs' has preoccupied people reading the Bible for centuries. 'Song of Songs' illustrated by Florence Kingsford/Southern Methodist University/Wikimedia ...