Published on this day in 1845, the work used alliteration, internal rhyme and repetition to draw in readers, lending it a ...

Narrow alleyways turn into gauntlets of flame. A fireball scours the street, combusting all in its path. Faces are blistered, ...

And, of course, escapism is a supply-and-demand business. As the world requires more of the people in it, it also offers more ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

We present to you this collection of poems honoring the Virgin Mary written by Thomas Merton. See the end of this page for Thomas Merton in Photographs. Because my will is simple as a window And knows ...

Two previously unknown poems by Virginia Woolf have been found in a library at the University of Texas at Austin. They are said to have been written for her niece and nephew sometime after March 1927.

Toi Derricotte’s poetry is a testament to the power of vulnerability and truth. Her ability to weave personal and collective ...

Claude McKay's poems offer rich layers of meaning, reflecting the struggles, triumphs, and complexities of the Black experience. His work invites readers to confront difficult truths while also ...