For literary fame, Robert Burns (1759–1796) had the advantage of coming early: a proto-Romantic to whom the Romantics would turn, a genial promoter of Scotland whose work would seem nation-defining to ...

Food, a universal language that transcends borders and cultures, has long been a muse for poets seeking to capture the essence of sustenance, pleasure, and the human experience. In the realm of poetry ...

Food and poetry share an intimate connection, merging flavors and words to evoke emotions and memories. Just as ingredients blend in a recipe, words harmonize in verse to describe the essence of ...

Richard Crashaw (1613–1649) numbers among the metaphysical poets of seventeenth-century England, in company with George Herbert and John Donne. Like Herbert, and in a reversal of Donne’s trajectory, ...