It's a reminder, perhaps, that actions, especially when it comes to expressing our love for others, speak louder than words. Margaret Atwood’s Habitation is my favourite one. The poem is a ...

A lot of readers of poetry — myself and Diane Seuss included — can say we love John Keats ... transcendent” it would be “to cradle him / in my arms.” Keats isn’t the only romantic ...

In one of the most famous love poems of all time, Burns goes all out to express the wonder of love: It’s beautiful like a flower, it’s sweet like music, it’s deep as the sea. And Burns isn ...