“Romantic Poet,” by Diane Seuss, is one of the best things that our critic A.O. Scott read (and reread) this year. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott Let’s talk about love. That’s what the people in this ...

You never realize how important your home is to you until you’ve grown up and gone on to bigger and better things. You might not even leave your hometown, but when looking back on all the work you’ve ...

Andrea Gibson, known for their powerful poetry and performances, spent years exploring deep and political themes. They wrote openly about gender identity, love, social justice, and death, using honest ...

What would an acorn write to an oak tree? Or a coat to her button? A child to his toes? A pebble to the river? Dear Acorn, ...

In 2021, the second full year of the pandemic, I began to go outside more after a year of intense insideness. Like others, I started noticing what I had not known how to see previously: the arching of ...

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 ...

Maxine Hong Kingston, Randy Komisar and others explore Marilyn Chin's "Urban Love Poem". The episode explores San Francisco's history from the Gold Rush and early Chinese immigration to the rise of ...