Turn on those sad songs, eat your ice cream, and read some of theses poems to help ease the pain. Falling in love can be one of the most beautiful things — many people say love makes the world go ...

Love languages may vary from one person to another, but it would be a challenge to find someone who wouldn’t enjoy and appreciate receiving love poems. This art form has captured our imagination since ...

“Romantic Poet,” by Diane Seuss, is one of the best things that our critic A.O. Scott read (and reread) this year. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott Let’s talk about love. That’s what the people in this ...

This essay is part a series by Father Stayer, a professor of English at Loyola University Chicago, reflecting on essential works of writing, art and music. In his weekly interview with writers, Scott ...

Instead of greeting cards and chocolates this Valentine's Day, poet Kwame Alexander has packaged up for you a poem inspired by kids' definitions of love. Last month, NPR asked elementary and high ...

In 2021, the second full year of the pandemic, I began to go outside more after a year of intense insideness. Like others, I started noticing what I had not known how to see previously: the arching of ...

Jay Hopler died last week. Illness streaks across this poem from his final collection — but also love. By Jay Hopler Selected by Victoria Chang I always remember these lines in Jay Hopler’s debut book ...