And, of course, escapism is a supply-and-demand business. As the world requires more of the people in it, it also offers more ...
Published on this day in 1845, the work used alliteration, internal rhyme and repetition to draw in readers, lending it a ...
The material looked different from the paper the letters were on. And they had pencil writing on them. "It's obviously these two quickly drafted poems," said Oliver. "And I immediately think 'well, ...
Jan. 16, 2025 Here is some of the greatest, most practical advice I’ve heard on how to start reading poetry: “A poem is best read in the light of all the other poems ever written. We read A ...
Amanda Gorman, a Los Angeles native and the United States' first National Youth Poet Laureate best known for her poem "The Hill We Climb," took to social media Saturday to express her condolences ...
No snow yet this fall but the gardens are just dirt now, nothing left to eat except invisible parsnips lurking below. The snowbirds are fleeing South to endless summer, Florida, Arizona ...
His thoughts on the legendary war—documented in Homer’s two epic poems—were prompted by an online controversy over Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey. The British classicist argued ...