By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

Happy couples love to watch romance movies on Valentine’s Day and with good reason. They get to see their story played out on ...

Becky and Benny were childhood sweethearts who went their separate ways in college. Now, she is his wife and caretaker as he ...

If you've found yourself alone and without a date this Valentine's day, these three sad country songs will remind you that you're not alone.

Michael Longley, the last survivor of a remarkable triumvirate of Northern Irish poets that included Seamus Heaney and Derek Mahon, who was celebrated for the meditative beauty of his compact lyrics, ...

Glyn Maxwell's "Stargazing" embodies the essence of human love. Not flashy, boasting or indulgent, but simple, beautiful and ...

Love is complex’ There are films, books, poems and songs about love but nobody has been able to completely define love. When I met my wife, with every passing day I fell more in love with her. After I ...

Ahead of the publication of her new novel, Dream Count, Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie tells the story of her first love.

Love is complex’ There are films, books, poems and songs about love but nobody has been able to completely define love. When I met my wife, with every passing day I fell more in love with her. After I ...

Volunteers in Loveland will stamp over 100,000 pieces of mail coming from all over the world with a custom poem leading up to ...

What is it about love and pain that makes us want to write more than when we are bursting with joy? Why are all of my ...

The idea of unrequited love is by itself sad, but also an all too common reality for most people, and so it gets explored all across forms of media. There are several excellent anime stories about ...