This poem about friendship doubles as an inspirational poem about life, as it’s a gentle nudge to prioritize those heart-to-heart moments with friends and family, because in the grand scheme of ...

Know it by heart. Memorizing the poem is part ... the cycle by Berlioz, which sets six poems of Gautier. They were friends and neighbors, Berlioz and Gautier. (How fortunate for each.) ...

Favourite poets become, in time, as close as family and friends you can’t do without ... she vows to ‘write the poems that will win your heart’ – and does just that.

A week ago, I had a column titled “Poems by Heart.” The column drew responses ... In recent days, I have solicited friends and colleagues in the writing business, asking them three questions ...