Seamus Heaney’s love-poem to marriage, The Skunk, combines exile and erotica, moving from an American wilderness image ...

Dear Eric: I don’t know if this is an issue with others, or if I’m just over-sensitive. My partner and I have several pets ...

Dear Eric: I don’t know if this is an issue with others, or if I’m just over-sensitive. My partner and I have several pets ...

Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

May this February 14th be filled with love and romance. Share these poems with your soulmate and let them know how much they ...

Glyn Maxwell's "Stargazing" embodies the essence of human love. Not flashy, boasting or indulgent, but simple, beautiful and ...

In my sophomore year at Brown, I wrote a 20-page proposal for an independent concentration that I never submitted. It was ...

Bearing cards, flowers, chocolates and poetry, lovers have always swooned on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead.

An old, old, old, old, old (key word is old here), old flame of mine from my freshman year of high school recently sent me this poem: ...

This Valentine's Day, don't miss the chance to share a heartfelt verse with that special someone who fills your life with joy ...

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

FSU poetry professor James Kimbrell headlined The Jerome Stern Reading Series at The Bark, sharing work from his latest ...