Sonnets still have a reputation for being about the unrequited love of a man for a woman. AndreasPraefcke/Wikimedia Commons As poets have demonstrated for centuries, a sonnet for your beloved never ...
When you fall in love, you sort of losing all rationality. So, you have to really think when it comes to writing poetry. Whether you're in a relationship or you're hoping to be in one with someone in ...
Donne’s poetry isn’t so easy to master. His near contemporary Ben Jonson and his later advocate William Hazlitt both seem to have formed the same view, namely that Donne was a brilliant man, a poetic ...
University of Westminster provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. For many, this year’s Valentine’s Day will be like no other. If you are spending the day apart from your loved ones, and ...
Back in January, in honor of Valentine's Day, Morning Edition announced a love poem request line: Send us your memories of love and relationships, and author Kwame Alexander will find a poem that ...
If hope were an object, it would be poet Alex Dimitrov's new book Love and Other Poems. In its entirety, the book itself is one long love poem — to New York City, to the moon, to the many "scenes from ...
PrayerSong explores Valentine's Day's evolution from ancient Roman rituals to a modern celebration, highlighting music's role in romantic expression.
Mazarron Town Council announces a new Declara-té poetry contest celebrating love, creativity and community participation.