Love is a profound feeling and can’t be described in words. The recipe for a healthy relationship consists of a few time-tested ingredients, including loyalty, kindness, compassion, faith, and romance ...

Ailbhe Darcy What other words could there be for what I felt, at 13 or so, when I laid eyes on a certain "gold, dark boy", but Chimborazo, Cotopaxi? Sure, these words may at times have been ...

Back in January, in honor of Valentine's Day, Morning Edition announced a love poem request line: Send us your memories of love and relationships, and author Kwame Alexander will find a poem that ...

Women love to see a man's soft, sensitive side. And what could be more soft and sensitive than beautiful poems full of heart and soul? Seriously, this is the type of romancing that women are dying for ...

How much do we enjoy a love poem? Let us count the ways. Love poems and sonnets that plumb the depths of emotion have the power to change perspectives, move us to tears and express thoughts where our ...

I'm a writer, but not a performer — which is why, as I stood in front of at least 60 people at an open mic, I wondered, "Why the heck am I here? Did I really think it would be a good idea to share my ...

From the sonnets of William Shakespeare to the writings of Walt Whitman and the rejuvenating words of Amanda Gorman, poetry is indelibly writ into the fabric of not only popular culture, but the ...

I find love poems hard to write (and to read) because they can so easily teeter on the edge of sentimentality. I much prefer the conflagration of a good breakup poem. But this poem by Gabrielle ...

Some flowers are red; some flowers are blue. We have funny roses-are-red poems to share with your entire crew. Roses are red, violets are blue; we love us some funny poems, how about you? Part joke, ...

The writer Geoff Dyer unravels a tale in which the intricacies of model airplanes and the comic horrors of school lunch mingle with something darker. The domestic goddess, Sports Illustrated swimsuit ...