Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

Sweet and loving, it wasn't. His predecessor Joe Biden often exchanged loving messages on social media with his wife Jill on ...

I’ll pick a short one – Catullus. Odi et amo: quare id faciam, fortasse requiris. nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior. My favourite translation is by Peter Whigham. It takes a bit of licence ...

One in five (20%) believe classic love poetry only focuses on hetero-romantic love, while 60% claim the lack of ...

Valentine's Day is a time for poetry, to speak of love and how romance and relationships change and deepen over time. Elders ...

There's a Valentine's gift to live up to. 8. The Orange by Wendy Cope (1992) Wendy Cope's The Orange almost unexpectedly turn into a love poem, as the poet describes the increasing“peace and ...

According to one legend, Pope Gelasius wanted to put an end to the debauchery in the late fifth century. He declared Feb. 14 ...