Men, I guarantee you that regardless if you’ve been married 40 years and never acknowledged Valentine’s Day once in all that ...

Michael Longley, the last survivor of a remarkable triumvirate of Northern Irish poets that included Seamus Heaney and Derek Mahon, who was celebrated for the meditative beauty of his compact lyrics, ...

February the Fourteenth has been a day to give love to others in the name of Saint Valentine. But who is he? Is Valentine's a religious holiday…or Pagan all the way? Where did chocolate come in? Who’s ...

In 2023, a father fled Kherson, where his wife died and Russian occupiers destroyed his apartment. The young widower found a ...

Music and poetry offer emotional solace ... It can appear in the petals of a flower. A flower bud is a symbol of hope. My favorites are daffodils, chrysanthemums, carnations, lisianthus, roses, ...

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This is my last quarter at UC Irvine. It feels weird to say that out loud, or in our case dear reader, to announce it into ...

In 2020, when he was District 3 commander, Norman brought MPD officers along and they welcomed guests and handed out flowers ... was when Taylor took the carnation that was given to all ...

Ceasefire,” his most famous poem, invoked the “Iliad” in exploring his country’s sectarian strife. But his work wasn’t ...