Before sending a religious poem to a friend who is grieving ... Their love filled the world - A love that will never fade.

You might remember this poem from the 1989 film Dead Poets ... married a man whom she did not love and lost her best friend ...

Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition?

You may have heard this line in pop songs and films, but it originated in the poem In Memoriam A.H.H. by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The poem is about the loss of a beloved friend in life. The poem’s ...

Choose four lines from the poem. Practise saying them out loud along with the actions. Now try without looking at the text. Can you perform your four lines for a friend or family member?