In addition to love poems for him and her, you’ll find sad poems alongside funny poems, as well as short poems amid excerpts ...

This poem embodies that sort of intense, fleeting crush you get on someone that feels as though you know them from a past life. You know nothing about them, only what you imagine them to be like.

Langston Hughes poems guaranteed to move you Langston Hughes is one of the most prolific yet most underrated American poets ...

Duffy uses the metaphor of an onion to describe the complexity of love in her poem 'Valentine'. "Not a red rose or a satin heart. I give you an onion." On the face of it, Carol Ann Duffy’s ...

We present an extract from The Irish Writers Handbook 2025, the essential guide to writing and getting published, with ...

Beowulf is an Anglo-Saxon epic poem about the defeat of Grendel – a creature whose exact form is still debated. Depending on ...

Have you ever compared someone ... “How do I love thee?/ Let me count the ways.” Quite possibly one of the most well-known poem openings ever, it comes from Elizabeth Barratt’s How Do ...

Musicians have long taken inspiration from poetry for their work; here are four rock songs that pull from well-known poems.

Readers who enjoy reflective poems will like this one. Where to read: You can read “The Bells” at All Poetry. Poe’s unnerving Ligeia is a grotesque short story that blurs the lines between ...

Here are six snippets that get you started on creating your very own Singapore poetry canon. “I want to taste sharp the petai ...

From love poems for her and love poems for him to words exploring issues of unity and injustice, gender and race, the best poem books explore all aspects of life.