Poetry of love and heartbreak

Valentine's Day Balloons — Balloons are a typical gift, along with flowers, for Valentine’s Day. But what about writing your sweetheart a love poem?

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

A Valentine’s Day journey through the poetry of love and heartbreak

On Valentine’s Day, Reset hears how feelings of love and heartbreak are expressed in poetry.

Balloons are a typical gift, along with flowers, for Valentine’s Day. But what about writing your sweetheart a love poem?

Nam Y. Huh

By Andrea Guthmann

Can’t find the words? Whether you love Valentine’s Day or hate it, poetry can help express those emotions. Reset dives deep into poems of love and heartbreak.

GUESTS: Adrian Matejka, editor of Poetry magazine

Carey Cranston, president of the American Writers Museum

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A Valentine’s Day journey through the poetry of love and heartbreak