How many poems do you know by heart? Not nursery rhymes or limericks, but poems of subtle structure and nuance, written in iambic pentameter, dactylic hexameter, AABB, or blank verse. If you are ...

After so many years together, love evolves. It stops being just about excitement and becomes about presence, commitment, ...

Poet Kwame Alexander's latest community poem is inspired by kids' definitions of love, touching on everything from ephemeral connections and puppy kisses to the circle of life and Kendrick Lamar.

“Romantic Poet,” by Diane Seuss, is one of the best things that our critic A.O. Scott read (and reread) this year.

Morning Edition asked readers to submit poems in the form of letters, addressed to anyone. NPR poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander drew from the more than 600 responses to create a community poem.

Whether you want to tell her how you feel or show her how much you adore her, do so with these poems to make her fall in love. Because the best love poems are those that will bring a tear to her eye.

Reading poetry is sometimes presented like homework, but it can be as easy to understand as a trip to Disneyland, Matt Mason writes.

How did I get here? I'm only 18 but I've done more surviving than living. My body is like a cage, forcing the trauma to be still. It won't move. Dear God I want it to move.