One Poem: Love Notes From My Sleepy Stalker
Here I am, tracing the birth of a soliloquy in the composition of your face / I am joyful as the wordsmith -- pen at hand to a curled fist.
Here I am, tracing the birth of a soliloquy in the composition of your face / I am joyful as the wordsmith -- pen at hand to a curled fist.
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Posted 04.03.2012
This is a regular column featuring original poetry and fiction by and for teens, provided by Figment.com, an online community writing site for young p...
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Posted 03.15.2012
This is a regular column featuring original poetry and fiction by and for teens, provided by Figment.com, an online community writing site for young p...
John Lundberg | Posted 04.20.2012
The romance of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning got a lot of attention last week when scans of their love letters, previously available for viewing only at Wellesley college, went online just in time for Valentine's Day.
James Scarborough | Posted 04.15.2012
It's Valentine's Day, as sacred to sappy romantics as Halloween is to Wiccans. Hand in hand, cheek to, um, cheek, every permutation of He/She pairings.
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Posted 02.13.2012
By Jeremy Richards for Poetry Foundation I once responded to a girlfriend’s love poem by critiquing its imagery. That relationship didn’t last ...
Lee Woodruff | Posted 04.14.2012
Recipes are the currency by which generations of women define and distinguish themselves from other families. These sometimes-secret formulas, handed down from mother to daughter, are inscriptions of endearment, the personal stamp encrypted in each dish like DNA.
Roger Housden | Posted 03.10.2012
The greatest gift of love is the gesture of open arms -- let come what comes -- not because you don't care, or because you hope to steel yourself against pain, but because you care so much that you are helpless to do anything else.
Judith Johnson | Posted 11.17.2011
While romantic love can be intoxicating and ever so delicious, there is a deeper kind of love that bars no participants.
John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011
If you're still searching for the right words to use on Valentine's Day, and want to be a little more creative than, "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways."
Posted 05.25.2011
The Poetry Foundation: Poems From My Ex After the love affair, there were poems. By Lisa Catherine Harper Fifteen years after we broke up, my ex-boy...
Tamsin Smith | Posted 05.25.2011
When we work our fingerprints into the clay -- be our clay of choice material, linguistic, or the formation of friendships -- we answer our highest calling.
Posted 05.25.2011
Valentine's Day poems can be a great way to express your love for someone, whether it be a friend, family member, or significant other. Here are 15 g...
Mallory Yael Seegal | Posted 04.19.2012