Poetry

For the first time, Maryrose Carroll has compiled an English/Spanish book of love poems written by her and her husband, Paul Carroll. Paul was a historic ...

Traditionally ascribed to King Solomon, these rich allegorical verses are ripe with sensuous passion.

Sophia Stewart considers parasocial relationships through the lens of poetry.

Young-adult author John Green ("The Fault in Our Stars") is behind a new YouTube series "Ours Poetica," launching in Chicago with the Poetry Foundation, with ...

In "American Dream," Emelda Suh draws on her personal experiences to paint a vulnerable portrait of modern society MINNEAPOLIS , Sept. 16, 2019 ...

Pilgrims flock to the once-ignored grave of Arthur Rimbaud, the “Jim Morrison of poets,” loved by fans as a tragic hero of free thought and authenticity.

Born in Louisiana, Jericho Brown is now an associate professor and director of the creative writing program at Emory University. His poems have appeared in ...

The Poetry Foundation, Complexly, and Paige Lewis team up to bless the internet with Ours Poetica: a new poetry video series focused on the printed page.

At the end of his poetry reading, he shared a question that seems to guide his work as a lawyer and poet. “What does it mean to want to be free?”

ANN ARBOR—On September 22, 29, and October 6, the theatre company, Apollo's Troupe, will stage the theater adaptation of the poem, The Parliament of ...

Decorated poet Terrance Hayes shared his poetry with the Penn State community on Sep. 12 in Foster Auditorium for the 21st annual Emily Dickinson ...

To know me, you wouldn't guess I'm carrying on a secret life. I go to my desk early and stay late, making about as little noise as a human can make while earning ...

Charlie Chaplin was an actor, director, composer, and according to a persistent internet rumor, the author of a poem entitled, “As I Began to Love Myself”:.

Martin Walser's novel “A Man in Love” depicts the elderly Goethe's infatuation with a young woman, which led him to compose the “Marienbad Elegy.”

Nowadays, Instagram poetry is seemingly everywhere. On social media, small aestheticized squares of text dominate the feeds of millions of people. These short ...

With school cranking up again, I thought of this poem by Gregory Djanikian, his own story as a young immigrant singing quintessential American songs in his ...

Kate Kellaway on anthologies to help you find your taste.

Life exists at the intersection of classic hip-hop haze and poetry. The West Londoner's music is story-driven and has the grain of old film. The rasp in his voice ...

VAHNI CAPILDEO. You would be mistaken if you ignored Kei Miller's new book, In Nearby Bushes, just because it is poetry and perhaps you do not read, like, ...

Yet, after reading even a few lines from “Infinity Standing Up,” a volume of Shakespearean sonnets by gay poet Drew Pisarra, your misgivings about poetry will ...

Nobody by Alice Oswald; If All the World and Love Were Young by Stephen Sexton; In Her Feminine Sign by Dunya Mikhail; and I May Be Stupid But I'm Not ...

The Poetry of Mysticism: Or, Mrs Underhill's Foray into Universalist Mysticism Evelyn Underhill (Being the second part of her Introduction to Rabindranath ...

Nikki Giovanni with illustrator Ashley Brown wanted to make it clear that the “I Am Loved” book of poetry was created to bring sunshine and brightness in the ...

If The Beatles had stumbled on the 18th century Gujarati poet named Nishkulanand Swami (1766–1848), they might have realized that their hit single “All You ...

Debut author Priyam Marik pens down his take on love and how it permeates his book of poems.

Choral Arts Society presents Words of Wonder, Wit, and Wisdom. From “Good Night Moon” to “Red, Red, Rose”. Saturday, October 19, 2019, 7:00 PM.

YICHANG, China , Sept. 16, 2019 /CNW/ -- A tourism marketing activity themed on " F alling I n L ove W ith Yichang" was organized from Sept. 7 to 9 in the ...

Twitter's favorite astrologers, the Astro Poets, have launched a new podcast and you can listen here first.

Before you fully hand yourself over to fall — know that there are ways to hold onto the summer fun. Tess Taylor gives NPR's Mary Louise Kelly a few poems to ...

Ted Merritt believes in human possibility. And every page of his new book, “My Art, My Love and Block Island” attests to that outlook. Indeed, the slim volume that ...

A superb translation of a bleakly brilliant novel about the Bosnian war.

I write a poem about eating eggs with you. One month passes. You tell me you hate eggs —even scrambled. This woman half-waltzes, half-staggers into the ...

Whether you're a die-hard poetry fan or have little interest in the art you'll almost certainly have heard of Rupi Kaur. The acclaimed poet and creative shot to ...

In its best moments Love Sick—the opening show of Theater J's 2019-20 season in its newly renovated space—is a brilliantly woven tapestry of competing forms ...

Choreographer Jade Hua's (華碧玉) work for her 22-year old Jade Dance Theatre (肢體音符舞團) have alternated between neo-classical performances drawing ...

Award-winning poet Lois Baer Barr never reads or listens to headphones on CTA "L" trains, because she finds inspiration from taking in the life around her.

Melissa Cook, manager of the Hank Aaron State Trail for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, is quick to cite one of her favorite lines of poetry: “you ...

Brighton-based Henry Normal is launching a new poetry collection.

Each week, William Sieghart's poetry pharmacy prescribes the right poem for life's ups and downs. This week: the difficulty of letting go. It's a funny thing, how ...

BUSH poetry is probably not what most 13-year-olds are into.

T.S Eliot Prize-winning poet Ocean Vuong ventures beyond his much lauded poetry in his debut novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. In this ...

Katie Sullivan, who lives in Albany, Vt., is curious about a road name in a town just south of her, in Marshfield. “How did Star Pudding Farm Road get its.

NEW CONCORD – Jim Dooley is officially the Lovejoy Professor of Biology at Muskingum University. But he also has a passion for British literature and music ...

Highlighting Out-Spoken a spoken word event in London that has become one of the top events for poetry and live music in the city.

In Robert Krut's third collection of poems The Now Dark Sky, Setting Us All on Fire (Codhill Press, 2019), he wanders through a landscape that's familiar and ...

I love you, Kate, since we kissed. by the garden gate. I'll have to ask your dad if we can wed. If he says yes, we will set the date and. we will kiss twice by the ...

One hundred years ago my father was 18 months old and living in dreadful circumstances for bringing up a child. He had many elder brothers and a drunken ...

All semester long, I wrote columns for The Cavalier Daily on being sick. Even when I tried branching out, I felt compelled to stick in at least one sentence from ...

Love this cozy season? These autumn poems celebrate Fall from poets like Mary Oliver, Gwendolyn Brooks, and more. Read them now (cozy mug of tea ...

Once fluent in four languages, Punjabi poet Irfan Malik now suffers from aphasia and Alzheimer's and is losing his memory one language at a time.

The new musical from Israeli artist Ofra Daniel takes inspiration from The Song of Songs.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019. A FORMIDABLE FORCE in the world of poetry, feminist scholarship, and political activism, Alicia Ostriker (b. 1937) has inspired ...

SUAMICO (WLUK) -- Roses are red, violets are blue, children love poetry and animals do too. The NEW Zoo and the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets are hosting ...

A new poem by performance poet Carrie Rudzinski. Love Poem after Seven Years At this point it's difficult to sleep without you. I prefer to take up the whole bed ...

Put your hand up if you'd like a hunky, sensitive NFL level playing boyfriend; A man who's so smitten with you that he feels compelled to come out; Who then ...

The popular #primaryrocks Twitter chat turned its attention to poetry this week - and it was emotional.

ANN ARBOR—On September 22, 29, and October 6, the theatre company, Apollo's Troupe, will stage the theater adaptation of the poem, The Parliament of ...

Some visit San Francisco's North Beach because it tastes like Italy, and some visit because it howls like the Beat Generation. But the times, they are a-changing.

Reading poems can be quick and convenient, but poetry moves us in ways that require patience and con.

Filmmakers Nilson (center) and Schwartz (right) along with East Carolina Radio's Tom Hoggard (photo by Mark Jurkowitz). This weekend, amid a swirl of warm ...

For one thing, the Wilma HotHouse production based on Etal Adnan's poem is performed on a half-pipe ramp. And that's the easy part.

“Love Sick” is the on-the-nose title of actress-composer Ofra Daniel's song cycle about a woman driven mad by passion. Based on romantic poetry embedded in ...

Join local authors for the monthly Words and Wine Event on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019, hosted by Kona Stories Book Shop. The event is free to the public and offers ...

Ken Burns, the renowned documentarian known for bringing American history to vivid life, debuts his latest effort on Sunday, "Country Music." The ambitious yet ...

MEABH QUOIRIN moved mourners to tears with a powerful self-penned poem paying tribute to her late daughter Nora. The 15-year-old was laid to rest at a ...

Tiffany Francis-Baker looks back on her six months as a Forestry Commission writer in residence – and urges us to take care of our woodlands.

Welcome back to Mess Boards, where I scour the internet for some of the hottest takes about this week's opponent. Well folks, here we are. I hope you all have ...

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Over the past few years, Twitter users have been eager to show they paid attention in sophomore year English class by using William Carlos Williams' poem, ...

Instagram poetry has changed the way students interact with the art form.

Let's face it. Whether or not you have ever personally attended Petaluma's legendary Poet Walk event, which has taken place annually for nearly a quarter of a ...

"Riverdale" star Cole Sprouse is sharing an intimate moment with his on-screen and real-life girlfriend, Lili Reinhart, for her 23rd birthday. Posting a tribute to his ...

New plays in L.A. for Sept. 15-22 include Bill Irwin's "On Beckett" at the Kirk Douglas Theatre and Ethan Coen's "A Play Is a Poem" at the Taper.

The Cuban-American artist's first solo exhibition at Kohn Gallery in Los Angeles is open, informed by romanticism and impressionism, complemented by a ...

Two ancient Roman skeletons found next to each other in Italy have been revealed by experts to both be men, and they have been holding hands for 1,500 ...

It was heartening to see the poetry lovers of Nagpur reciting their own poems at an open mic session organised, titled 'Ek Dastaan' at Glocal Square recently.

While the songs of the influential musician, who died at 58, will endure, it's hard to say that he was properly appreciated in his time.

Jesse Lee has managed to turn her childhood love into a rewarding full-time job that could potentially lead to a career. In February, Lee began working as the ...

For a collaboration between HuffPost UK and The Moth, author Cynthia Riggs tells her story of falling for an old friend through cryptic letters.

Kashmiri poet, filmmaker and academic Asiya Zahoor talks about Article 370, the significance of the Chinar tree in Kashmir, and the necessity of expression and ...

The award-winning poet has long been the voice of the community.

COLUMBIA, MD. (WJZ) — If you live in the Baltimore area and have never experienced the bookstore and restaurant that DC folks love, you'll be able to soon.

Tribune News Servcie. Amritsar, September 14. Majha House hosted an evening of poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, a poet celebrated on both sides of the border.

Edward Lear's children's verses are darker than first imagined. Puppet-maker Peter O'Rourke, who is bringing one of the writer's most famous works to life at the ...

ALEXANDRA – Constable Mbalathi's praise poetry rings sweetly in the ear.

One of the artist's famed “Infinity Mirror Rooms” is coming to the ICA, with soft-sculpted inflatable tentacles dangling from the ceiling and springing from the floor ...

Tiffany Trump posted an Instagram story on Saturday after her father tweeted that he forgave his former personal assistant Madeleine Westerhout for her ...

Hosted by the Nehru Centre, the cultural wing of the Indian high commission, the concert by noted London-based singer-composer Swati Natekar encompassed ...

The San Juan Islands Museum of Art. The San Juan Islands Museum of Art in conjunction with their current exhibition, “DEEP DIVE” will host a gallery walk and ...

There are places on this planet where the earth speaks. I suspect there are fewer of them each year because, perhaps, they've gone silent, or because their ...

Star Hailee Steinfeld and 'Dickinson' creator Alena Smith tease their forthcoming Apple TV+ series and the prospect of seeing Emily Dickinson as 'a voice ...

In this monthly series, Scott Timberg interviews musicians on the literary work that has inspired and informed their music.

Thanksgiving is a time to gather around the table and share what you're most thankful for this year. It's also a time to put on your comfy pants and eat as much ...

Poets from Andover are being invited to participate in this national event being held on the 3rd October 2019. Whether you are new to creative writing, or a.

A postgraduate student is using poetry to write about her personal cultural experiences.

The atheist biologist has written a new book about God but what really worries him is closer to home.

Anne Boyer's The Undying insists on a Marxist and feminist reading of the disease, opposing narratives confined to individual triumph or tragedy.

“Give me books, French wine, fruit, fine weather and a little music played out of doors by somebody I do not know,” the Romantic poet John Keats wrote in a letter ...

A poetry collection by the late Maya Angelou and a book-length poem dramatising a river are among the works on a list of the 25 favourite poetry books from the ...

Apple TV+ premiered its first show at the Tribeca TV Festival on Saturday, flaunting feminist snark, lavish period costumes and a star-studded cast in 'Dickinson,' ...