What jumps into your mind when you think of the most famous poems ever written? Shakespearean love poems? Something longer that you might find in a poetry book? Maybe something by Poe or Dickinson?

Published on this day in 1845, the work used alliteration, internal rhyme and repetition to draw in readers, lending it a ...

Worried poetry might put Grandma to sleep too early? We’ve got you covered with both short poems and excerpts, as well as famous poems and underappreciated works. No matter what you pick ...

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.

No one wants to be last in any competition. Right? Only about 20% of people are concerned about being the winner or loser. They just compete for the sake of enjoyment but I’m among them who wants to ...

Let's begin with a poem about poetry itself. In Words, written in 1909, Yeats acknowledged that some of his best writing was inspired by (often self-inflicted) emotional turmoil, exploring how ...

Among Rossetti’s best known poems is this short work about one of the plants most associated with the Christmas season. Our idea of what Santa Claus looks like comes from a variety of places ...

“The manner in which Robert Hunter's thoughts were expressed through Jerry Garcia's angelic voice and through melody, through Garcia's melodies; just a mindblowing, timeless synapse. Two great forces ...