“What is poetry? Why, sir,” roared Dr. Johnson to his ever-attentive Boswell, “we all know what light is, but it is not easy to tell what it is . . . It is much easier to say what it is not.” Poetry ...

Hundreds of millions of poetic words have been written throughout history. Navigate your way into this beautiful art form with this list of the most famous poems ever written. What jumps into your ...

Jaluddin Rumi is among the best-selling poets in the United States, even though he died more than 700 years ago. Rumi's writings of love, friendship and the joys of life have sold more than half a ...