For grades 9-12. The PBS In the Mix video "Twisted Love: Dating Violence Exposed" or Internet research serves as a prelude to the reading of a poem about dating violence. Students engage in a ...

Poems are deemed love poems not so much for what they say as for when they said it—the conditions underlying the poem’s creation. Elizabeth Bishop’s superb “A Cold Spring” is a prime ...

Crafting an original poem or personal letter is the perfect way to 'seduce' a special someone on Valentine's Day. A few tips from published poets might help you create a thoughtful gift that means ...

Springfield author Jo Van Arkel muses on the ability of words to "reach toward something that can't be easily explained." ...

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 ...

“Romantic Poet,” by Diane Seuss, is one of the best things that our critic A.O. Scott read (and reread) this year.

Charlie Chaplin was an actor, director, composer, and according to a persistent internet rumor, the author of a poem entitled, "As I Began to Love Myself": As I began to love myself I found that ...

To celebrate National Poetry Month, we present Ellen Bass reading a poem from her new collection, “ Indigo ” (Copper Canyon). In these pages, Bass, an award-winning poet and co-author of the ...