Breakups are undoubtedly tough moments. And when the person we thought was the love of our life decides to leave with someone else, the pain can be even more gut-wrenching. Heartbreak not only wounds ...

Writers tell of poems they have memorized, would like to memorize, etc. A week ago, I had a column titled “Poems by Heart.” The column drew responses from many readers, which I will publish in due ...

Across cultures and centuries, heartbreak has consistently produced art. After death, people write elegies. After betrayal, we write songs. After war, exile, divorce ...

We live in distracting times. Our superficial, materialistic, media-driven culture often seems uncomfortable with true depths of feeling. It's as if the culture as a whole has become increasingly ...

This is Anya Silver’s final book of poems, discovered on her computer by her husband on the day of her death in 2018 from metastatic breast cancer, which she had struggled against (sometimes in ...

More diarist than poet, Trinidad jots down his daily--and nightly--doings in journal-like fashion. In the long ``November,'' we are made privy to his goings-on with various companions throughout a ...

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for when you ...

Memorized any poems lately? It’s a worthy exercise, often a pleasure. I have never been much of a poem-memorizer. You? But I have always liked the idea of memorizing poems. (“I like the idea of being ...