We may earn a commission from your purchases. Throughout literary history, love poems have connected lonely hearts, transcended cultural barriers and ultimately withstood the test of time.

Poet, artist, avant-gardener; the late Ian Hamilton Finlay is best known for Little Sparta, the Pentlands garden he created with his wife, Sue. From this remarkable realm, populated by Greek gods ...

This famous Bengali poem reflects the fleeting nature of life and love. The boat is often interpreted as a symbol of opportunities or life’s journey. A deeply spiritual poem where Tagore speaks ...

Thousands of years ago, humankind figured out how to transform one of our greatest inventions into infinite beauty, and language gave way to poetry. From the prehistoric poems of the Nile ...

The book opens with promise, telling about writers hired to subtitle early silents... Ian Hamilton. Spiderline (PGW, U.S. dist.; UTP, Canadian dist.), $24.95 trade paper (408p) ISBN 978-1-77089 ...

The giraffe is the tallest terrestrial mammal in the world. The males stand about 5m tall - as high as a single-story house - and the females are just a little shorter. The giraffe has an incredibly ...

Just one beautiful line of poetry can stay with you forever. So feel inspired with these quotes from poets including Rupi Kaur, Sylvia Plath and Audre Lorde. “Poetry begins with a lump in the ...

Oh yes you are: you’ve never written a poem before and you’ve been encouraged by that Ian McMillan to have a go so now you’re going to have a go. Pen clicked. Notebook open. Radio on.

Ian Hamilton is a highly skilled financial markets professional with over 30 years of experience in the fixed income and securitisation markets. Roles have included establishing several Asia ...

You’ll probably know a bit about rhyme already as it is often used in poetry. Refresh your memory with this short, fun clip. You can sing and dance along with CBBC's Radzi Chinyanganya if you like!

What was not typical was the giraffe standing right in the middle of them,” he told Latest Sightings. It soon became clear that the ruminant had been trying to lose the big cats, who were on its ...

Shakespeare reading "Hamlet" to his family, circa 1600. Most people confuse a sonnet and a poem, but they have slight differences. A sonnet is a specific type of poem, typically consisting of 14 ...