Sometimes, when you have a bad fight with your girlfriend (or even go as far as to break up with her), the feelings you have for her stay strong. And if you still love her, you'll then do whatever you ...

Back in January, in honor of Valentine's Day, Morning Edition announced a love poem request line: Send us your memories of love and relationships, and author Kwame Alexander will find a poem that ...

CHICAGO -- Chicago writer Leslé Honoré's poem "Brown Girl, Brown Girl" has inspired countless of young girls to dream big. She first wrote the poem in 2016 but recently made updates when Kamala Harris ...

If you could go back in time, what would you want to say to your teenage self? Writers Karen Finneyfrock, Rachel McKibbens and Mindy Nettifee decided to gather poems they wished they'd had when they ...

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Whenever I read Ruth Padel’s work, it strikes me: the profusion of species. Her latest collection of poetry, Girl, organised in three parts, is no exception. If the whole book could be a single ...