Our columnist looks at what it all meant. By Elisa Gabbert I wonder if there has ever been more equivocation about the word ...

In 1969, John Giorno got an idea: offer poetry via phone. Now, the quirky project is back, and it’s spreading to Brazil, Hong Kong and beyond.

A new scholarly study reveals how the Nobel-winning poet’s verse reflects a profoundly sacramental imagination.

In honor of the city's bicentennial, Jacksonville poet laureate Andy Mitchell is writing a series of poems centered on the ...

Amanda Gorman kicked off Super Bowl 55 in style, praising the honorary team captains and frontline COVID-19 heroes in her original poem, "Chorus of the Captains." The 22-year-old Youth Poet Laureate ...

In our fraught modern world, poets are rarely celebrities. But celebrities sometimes get their poems published. Certain people (disgruntled scribblers) may scoff at this. What do Megan Fox, James ...

Erika DeSanty didn’t set out to sing — or write a children’s book. The Clarksburg native, a former Drury High School standout athlete and Williams College women’s golf coach, has been busy guiding the ...

Speaking to Variety on Friday, Bronz said police stormed into his apartment in Tel Aviv at 4 a.m. and took him into custody in what he described as a “cyber unit.” His provocative poem revolved around ...

In This Could Be a Love Poem for You, her fourth collection of verse, Ranu Uniyal offers a powerful poetic account of her wrestling with the profound sense of loss that pervades her everyday existence ...

A 12th-century poem dedicated to Saladin and a 15th-century chronicle provide new independent testimonies about the stellar explosions of the years 1006 and 1181, crucial for modern astrophysics. In a ...

Henry W. Fowler believed he knew how sentences should read—and his judgments have shaped The New Yorker’s style for a century ...

Henry Cavill has shared photos from recovery after sustaining an injury that has delayed filming on the Highlander remake. Cavill captioned the post as he wrote out the entire Invictus poem, written ...