Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” by Adrienne Rich, is a blazing portrait of an artist and her work. Our critic A.O. Scott admires its ...

Here's a love poem that has just the right touch to sweep your partner off their feet. Remember, you have the freedom to tweak it as you like, even personalize it. In the vast universe, finding you ...

Don't just say "I like you" or "I love you"—make your love confession to that special someone in a more romantic way, with an unforgettable poem.

One morning in January, I met the musician Lucy Dacus at the Cloisters, the medieval-art museum at the northwestern tip of ...

We follow a corny love story between McCabe and Simmons, who fall deeply in love just a few hours after meeting each other. How ironic, am I right? Many jokes were slid in to the movie's script, ...

As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well. I often hear from peers and students that ...

I think I’m more perceptive, a better observer of both art and the people I love. When I catch myself mindlessly reaching for my phone, the poems act as a slap on the wrist: Put down the phone.

The critic Adam Plunkett expertly teases out the many meanings of Frost’s poems in “Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost’s Poetry” (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Blending biography and ...

it’s safe to say Rihanna is no fan of having love songs penned about her. “Please never make me a love song,” she said. “That is corny. Trust me. I’ve seen it.” ...

Written in all caps, the poem reads: “LOVE. THERE IS NO VERSION OF THE WORD THAT IS APPLICABLE TO SUZANNE. THE CLOSEST VERSION IN WORDS ISN’T EVEN CLOSE. IT’S NOT EVEN A FRACTION OF A ...

Her poem Variations on the Word Love discusses many forms of love, but ultimately, for me, it is a reminder of the awesome power of that emotion. She speaks of how the word "love" - only four ...