The review was hateful, patronising, repulsed, the ravings of a Catholic bigot. Little of it was about the book. Joseph writes, “It is inevitable that the serious writer should wish to write of ...

Ackroyd and Harvey’s work is on display at the Science Gallery of London. Here, two English A-level students ask them about ...

I first learned of Captain Moonlite from the historian Graham Willett. In Secret Histories of Queer Melbourne, a book Willett co-edited, Moonlite features “as the bushranger most likely to qualify as ...

Secret love is an intense and hidden feeling, expressed in whispers and furtive glances. These poems capture that hidden ...

To celebrate National Poetry Month in April, we invited 5 Washington Post photographers to capture nature, and invited 5 ...

A woman who truly loves her partner will show them not just through actions, but by using thoughtful and sincere words.

The word love is elusive, a noun without context. However, its verb form, "loving," is more than the thing. It invokes poetry ...

They’re a humorous twist on sometimes saccharine love poems and make for some of the best short poems for boyfriends—all because of their funny words and silly situations. If you’re sending ...

Poems can evoke laughter, tears, and thoughtful reflection. Recent research has shown their therapeutic effects: how they can reduce stress, relieve grief, and increase well-being.

If we’re being honest here, a true starter pack of modern American poetry would look something like this: “Goodnight Moon,” “Where the Sidewalk Ends,” “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.” For many of us poetry ...