Dato’s love poem “Pagan Passion” exemplifies his mastery of the written word, playing with a melodic rhyme scheme and alliteration to show the joys and torments of flirtation. Nor ever ...

It’s the time of year when my students write love poems. This arrival always surprises me—as spring’s green shocks after months of winter gray—but it shouldn’t. It’s as predictable as ...

A sonnet is a specific type of poem, typically consisting of 14 lines written in iambic pentameter, with a particular rhyme scheme that ... including love, death, the mind and body, the church ...