Nayyirah Waheed is a U.S.-based writer who started writing at the age of 11 when her teacher gave a poetry assignment to her class. She published her first book of poetry, titled Salt, in September of ...

Love poems often let Cupid’s arrow hit the mark at the right place. They not only help you express your feelings but also make the reader feel special and valued. Be it your boyfriend or husband, ...

Janice N. Harrington worked as a nursing home aide in college, and she drew on that experience to write “The Hands of Strangers: Poems from the Nursing Home.” This book-length collection of poems ...

Whether your relationship is just in your mind, still blossoming or already well-established, reading and sharing poetry with your partner can be an enlightening experience. Poetry can communicate ...

Poems written by residents of Centre Care nursing home’s memory care unit are on display throughout June in the Betsy Rodgers Allen Gallery at Schlow Centre Region Library in State College. An annual ...

In a 2024 interview, Belfast poet Michael Longley talks with Olivia O'Leary about his love poems and looks back on sixty years of poetry. Show more Irish poet Michael Longley, who died on 22nd January ...

W. S. Merwin, who died last week at age 91, wrote in a lyric register to capture the epic brutality and organized violence of the 20th century. His poems are promontories from which readers can see, ...