Her poem “Love and Friendship” offers a more realistic take on romance: Though we may neglect our friends while we are in ...

Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition?

Love is like the wild rose-briar, Friendship like the holly-tree ... thy brow He still may leave thy garland green. Note: this poem is included for reference purposes, please refer to your ...

One could call it a celebration of love at an especially difficult time. Shaftsbury writers Brad Peacock and James Crews, ...