What jumps into your mind when you think of the most famous poems ever written? Shakespearean love poems ... reaper but a “kindly” driver taking her to eternity. Like many funeral poems ...

Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition?

From poems to passages from classic books and plays, here are our pick of the best love quotes in literature. Especially when the rest of the world feels dark and scary, literature is the perfect ...

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 ...

Corey Van Landingham, a graduate of Purdue's creative writing MFA program has published three poetry collections. Her third, "Reader, I," explores the nuances of romantic relationships in conversation ...