A forgotten copy of Shakespeare’s famous Sonnet 116 was found tucked away in a 17th-century manuscript in the Oxford Library.

What jumps into your mind when you think of the most famous poems ever written? Shakespearean love poems? Something longer that you might find in a poetry book? Maybe something by Poe or Dickinson?

But, unfortunately, Hallmark rhymes rarely mine the depths of love and desire. So, if you’re looking for the perfect words for your loved one this year, why not share one of these poems ...

I only feel it, and I’m torn in two. Seamus Heaney’s love-poem to marriage, The Skunk, combines exile and erotica, moving from an American wilderness image reminiscent of Elizabeth Bishop ...

Love is not exclusive to lovers. It's for anyone and everyone. If it were not there would be no ministers or priests to preach. No Mother Theresa or teachers to teach. No one looking up at the moon ...

An Oxford researcher found a rare, handwritten variation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous love poems. About 400 years ago, its meaning might have been very different. By Amelia Nierenberg ...