Turn to comforting poems about death to find strength and encouragement, or as a meaningful way to let someone know they are not alone in their grief. You can also read poetry about loss at ...

Modern accounts of Sylvia Plath’s renowned work and legacy seek to highlight the author’s resilience through a decade-long ...

I thought of memorizing “Demain dès l’aube.” But, you know what? It is a poem about death, and I’m not in the mood. For “L’hippopotame,” I am always in the mood. Its author ...

Swanson started writing poetry when she was in her early 20s and wrote a book of poems, “Spirit Within,” which she ...

While the exact cause of his death remains a mystery, “The Raven” lives on as one of the author’s most influential works—not to mention one of the most famous poems ever written.