NPR's Michel Martin speaks with author Reginald Dwayne Betts about his new collection of poems, "Doggerel," a meditation on family, friendship and falling in love.

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 ...

So, if you’re looking for the perfect words for your loved one this year, why not share ... It is a poem that thinks as much about language as it does about love, but resolves in a sincere ...

It takes a bit of licence with the literal meaning but it works: I hate and I love. And if you ask me how, I do not know. I only feel it, and I’m torn in two. Seamus Heaney’s love-poem to ...

What makes a good self-help book? The excellent book mentioned here is Philippa Perry’s The Book You Want Everyone You Love to Read. Rebecca Watson’s column also contains mention of Cate Blanchett’s ...

The poet Joseph Hutchison describes the magic of artichokes perfectly in his one-line poem: “O heart weighed down by so many ...

Most of Dickinson’s poems are only two or three stanzas long. So ... you, rather, would be capital-L “Life”—too bounteous, too perfect, unreal. And the speaker’s real life is something ...

The first time you tell someone you love them, they might go weak ... re afraid of being rejected. That’s why conveying a sense of safety is so powerful. “It’s a big one,” Cohen says.

There are plenty of nonverbal ways a person can prove how much they love you. They share their love by being considerate of your needs and meeting you where you're at, instead of expecting you to be ...

Pinky The Poet pulled up to Fresh Friday to perform "Societal Mechanisms" and to talk about what brought her there from ...