Four incredibly strong women, all with a shared ability – like most of us – to be moved to tears by a line of poetry ... “I learnt this poem by heart as a young teenager, and it has stayed ...

We could “count the ways” (speaking of poetry ... is something like Italy’s national poem. Everyone knows it, or a great many know it. Know it by heart. Memorizing the poem is part of ...

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

A week ago, I had a column titled Poems by Heart. The column drew responses from ... We could count the ways (speaking of poetry). In recent days, I have solicited friends and colleagues in ...