The American scholar of 20th-century literature and culture Elizabeth Outka has argued that works such as The Second Coming ...

If you say this to a loved one, you’ll communicate a deep sense of comfort and belonging. “It tells the person they’re more than just someone you care about—they’re your safe space and the person you ...

I came across a column of yours that I had clipped and tucked away. On one of the pages I had dog-eared was the poem, “Decide ...

These days, Alissa Quart’s attention has broken into strange shapes. But she has found a reprieve in one thing: poetry.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

While doing some house cleaning, I came across a column of yours that I had clipped and tucked away. On one of the pages I had dog-eared was the poem, “Decide to Forgive.” I was struck by ...

A reader shares what a poem Abby printed years ago still means to her.

Most of Dickinson’s poems are only two or three stanzas long. So it is unusual that “I cannot live with You” stretches to 12 stanzas. (Read it here.) It begins baldly: To announce “I ...

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So, if you’re looking for the perfect words for your loved one this year, why not share one of these poems, which attempt to express the wonder and complexities of romantic love. If you make a ...

This poem is also the opposite of everything I’ve just described. It’s as wild a piece of verse as you’ll ever read ... but also the poet’s care, her unspoken but unmistakable tenderness ...

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