We may earn a commission from your purchases. Throughout literary history, love poems have connected lonely hearts, transcended cultural barriers and ultimately withstood the test of time.

Internationally acclaimed South Africa’s best Afrikaans poet Professor Antjie Krog was recently honoured with a doctoral ...

From sweet, short love poems for him to read on his lunch break to deep and meaningful poems for him to keep forever, make your partner feel special by leaving him a piece of poetry from the heart.

Despite being detained by the apartheid government and his work being banned, Matthews never stopped writing truth to power ...

But even in his absence, you know he's totally worth it, as these LDR (long-distance relationship) love poems attest. By Amy ...

Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

She has published more than a dozen volumes of poetry and translated Nelson Mandela's biography into Afrikaans. She is currently a professor at the University of the Western Cape. April 22 ...

My Daughter" at Barnes & Noble in Union Square on October 30, 2008 in New York City. Poetry is a unique medium open to interpretation that allows people to bring their own insights and experiences ...

When reading poetry a reader will interpret what it means to them. Everyone's response is different. What is imagery? Learn about how writers use imagery, the impact of imagery and how it appeals ...

A top South African university has dropped Afrikaans as its official language in favour of English. The University of Pretoria told the BBC it needed to "transform the culture" to make it "truly ...

Joe Coelho looks at how poetry can be performed, bringing the words to life rather than keeping them on the printed page. He explores what tone and timbre can bring to poems when performing or ...