Acclaimed Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) wrote this exquisite poem for fiery Irish revolutionary and actress Maud Gonne in 1899. Arguably one of the most beautiful love poems ever ...

Love is a bond that strengthens with every little detail, with every word we whisper in the ear of the one who walks with us ...

If that’s you today, then give these beautiful ... the most lucid poems about sadness and loneliness I have ever come across. It also belies simplistic judgments about mental illness. I love ...

In one of the most famous love poems of all time, Burns goes all out to express the wonder of love: It’s beautiful like a flower, it’s sweet like music, it’s deep as the sea. And Burns isn ...