And if you ask me how, I do not know. I only feel it, and I’m torn in two. Seamus Heaney’s love-poem to marriage, The Skunk, combines exile and erotica, moving from an American wilderness ...

So, if you’re looking for the perfect words for your loved one this year, why not share one of these poems, which attempt to express the wonder and complexities of romantic love. If you make a ...

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “When,” by Elizabeth Alexander, and his own poem “Colosseum.” Sometimes seen as the stuff of commencement addresses, his poems are hard to ...