some sources say that Poe wrote this poem while mourning his brother and grappling with his wife’s illness, so the description of the death of a young, beautiful woman in this context carries an ...

We sat there a while, trying to escape the heat of the house. The electricity was off, and it was getting dark. Recently, I ...

In his Sad Book (2004), he chronicled his grief following the death of his teenage ... dark / waiting for me.” One poem ...

The poet's brother Gilbert remarked ... Why was an independent wish / E'er planted in my mind?' The poem's conclusion that Death is 'the poor man's dearest friend', once again echoes Young's ...

The poet Semyon Nadson (1862 - 1887) lived for 24 years. He is known for being the first poet of Jewish descent to achieve ...

Lisa Marie Presley's posthumous memoir shares new insight into the day her father, Elvis Presley, died at Graceland, writing ...

Carson Daly remembered his late mother on the anniversary of her death with a poignant poem he said "really saved" him when he was "in the grip of crippling grief" after losing her. "My mom died 7 ...

Shakespeare’s culture and society made much more space for the articulation of same-sex desire than we might expect.

Norfolk’s Tim Seibles receives a lifetime achievement award from the Furious Flower Poetry Center, joining other top ...

Riley Keough, the daughter of Lisa Marie Presley, has faithfully completed her mother's memoir after her sudden death in 2023 ...

Josiah Johnson wanted to savor the peace, but his attention drifted to his younger brother ... write the poem, felt the same ...

Carson Daly remembered his late mother on the anniversary of her death with a poignant ... everywhere." The poem that gave Carson solace is titled “Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep.” ...