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.

Thousands of years ago, humankind figured out how to transform one of our greatest inventions into infinite beauty, and language gave way to poetry. From the prehistoric poems of the Nile ...

Shakespeare reading "Hamlet" to his family, circa 1600. Most people confuse a sonnet and a poem, but they have slight differences. A sonnet is a specific type of poem, typically consisting of 14 ...

Mort's collection "Music for the Dead and Resurrected" won the 2021 International Griffin Poetry Prize and the 2022 UNT Rilke Prize. Her other honors include a 2021 Rome Prize in literature and ...

Pat Bell, executive director & CEO of House of Ruth, embodies resilience and compassion. She has lived a life where she could have been perceived as a victim but instead chose to be a survivor and ...

Alexander Graham Bell is most well known for inventing the telephone. He came to the U.S as a teacher of the deaf, and conceived the idea of "electronic speech" while visiting his hearing-impaired ...

Ruth Marcus is an associate editor and columnist for The Post. Marcus has been with The Post since 1984. She joined the national staff in 1986, covering campaign finance, the Justice Department ...

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 ...

What can you show or tell us to help explain what it’s like to grow up in this political moment? Submit in words, images, audio or video, from Oct. 2 to Nov. 4. By Katherine Schulten A guest ...

The jersey worn by Babe Ruth during Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, in which baseball lore claims Ruth "called his shot" ...

Even though there is dispute about whether Babe Ruth actually "called his shot" in the 1932 World Series, the jersey he wore ...

Ruth Sherlock is an International Correspondent with National Public Radio. She's based in Beirut and reports on Syria and other countries around the Middle East. She was previously the United ...