Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Levani Kalmaxelidze / EyeEm via Getty Images Sometimes it's hard to put loss into words, but poems about losing a loved one can ...

“Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.” That quote from former Poet Laureate of the United States of America Rita Dove comes to mind when I read poetry written by bereaved ...

Tess Vigeland: We’ve been asking our listeners to send in their favorite poems about money, work, business, really anything about the economy. An e-mail from Elizabeth Dodge in Culver City, Calif., ...

Bards throughout time have figured out novel ways to twist words into tantalizing turns about love, loss, and lust — pretty much as soon as someone figured out how to recite poetry. Nature-lover, ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. In honor of National Poetry Month, we asked readers to join us in ...

Occasionally my boss and I alert each other to poems that we've read recently and liked -- and can you IMAGINE how cool it is to have a boss who shares poem!?!? I have died and gone to heaven. But ...