Across cultures and centuries, heartbreak has consistently produced art. After death, people write elegies. After betrayal, we write songs. After war, exile, divorce ...

Breakups are undoubtedly tough moments. And when the person we thought was the love of our life decides to leave with someone else, the pain can be even more gut-wrenching. Heartbreak not only wounds ...

Writers tell of poems they have memorized, would like to memorize, etc. A week ago, I had a column titled “Poems by Heart.” The column drew responses from many readers, which I will publish in due ...

This is Anya Silver’s final book of poems, discovered on her computer by her husband on the day of her death in 2018 from metastatic breast cancer, which she had struggled against (sometimes in ...

We live in distracting times. Our superficial, materialistic, media-driven culture often seems uncomfortable with true depths of feeling. It's as if the culture as a whole has become increasingly ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

As noted performance poet, surrealist artist and author Megha Rao prepares for her first workshop in Goa on June 27, she ...