Poetry

By Tim Robinson. He comes to Seattle for a few weeks just to write poems. He takes time off from a teaching job in Austin, Texas to fly up to the Emerald city, stay ...

In this week's episode, we will consider Israeli Love poetry through the lens of Barbara Goldberg's new book, Transformation: The Poetry of Translation, which ...

Quantum Theatre held its annual Q Ball on Saturday night on the North Side for more than 300 partygoers.

Hueston, a 2017 National Student Poet, uses poetry as a “healing mechanism,” a way to explore her Navajo culture and her connection to her Indigenous roots.

Bishop Heelan Catholic High School junior Foster Johnson will compete in the national Poetry Out Loud contest after winning the state's contest this month.

Singer Jessie J shared a screenshot on Instagram of a direct message from her boyfriend, Magic Mike star Channing Tatum, in which he rhymed in an extremely ...

Patrick Kurp sings the praises of light verse, from Ogden Nash to the present day.

Poetry has long been magical to me, words rhyming and not rhyming, sending out messages in roundabout or direct ways. Poetry can be as simple as haiku, ...

The City of West Hollywood will celebrate National Poetry Month in April with a variety of events and exhibitions honoring poets and poetry. Throughout April, the ...

Editor's Note: This is a guest post by Laura Severin, a professor of English and head of NC State's Department of English. Her scholarship focuses on poetry, ...

Rachelle Cruz became the fifth Inlandia Literary Laureate in November, following in the pen strokes of Nikia Chaney, Juan Delgado, Gayle Brandeis and Susan ...

Talk about love: Speaking at a press conference for the upcoming poetry-musical show Cinta Tak Pernah Sederhana (Love Is Never Simple) are (from left) ...

Spring in Washington DC opens up with a ground-breaking world premiere play, From Gumbo to Mumbo presented by Keegan Theatre's PLAY-RAH-KA Series.

During a trip to the historic Ferry Building in San Francisco, I bought American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time. The anthology features poetry by Jericho Brown ...

The musical Cinta Tak Pernah Sederhana (Love Is Never Simple) celebrates Indonesian love poems that transcend time.

Mar 25, 2019 | Entertainment & Arts | 0 |. Poet Likhwa Ncube is incorporating some catchy melodies in his rich poetry in a new single which also features IYASA's ...

Scott County High School made a sterling first impression at the Poetry Out Loud state championship as Hannah Tirlea won second place earlier this month.

The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet, who died last week at 91, found an enduring language to express his anguish at what human exploitation has done to the ...

March 25 is Greek Independence Day, but it is also the day when, in 1944, Nazis destroyed the heart of Romaniote Jewry in Ioannina. To many in Greece and ...

Rene Villanueva, the singer and writer for the band Idyll Green, recently released a book of poetry titled, “when love ends, be the water.” The book takes its name ...

Ottawa's new English-language poet laureate is on a mission to bring poetry to the people. "My overarching goal is to find ways to bring the benefits of poetry, ...

With the return of Brighton Festival also comes with the Peacock Poetry Prize, which gives young writers a chance to be recognised for their creative work.

Love was in the air at Valentino's Fall 2019 show today. A week after the Oscars, Pierpaolo Piccioli's focus shifted from Gemma Chan's couture and Frances ...

By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer. When Lusher Charter School senior Raven Little began writing poetry in a seventh-grade creative writing class, her work ...

For table decorations, your wedding website, or the perfect wedding reading—find what you're looking for among these literary wedding quotes.

'Love in Sadness' has one standout performance. Every time Ryu Soo Young is on the screen viewers may sink back into their seats in terror.

Dyslexia is a learning disorder that affects areas of the brain that process language. People with dyslexia often have a difficult time reading, identifying the ...

Mother's Day is this week, meaning it's time to show our appreciation for all our mums do. The annual celebration of motherhood falls on Sunday March 31, ...

Denver's literary scene closes out March with some decidedly springtime subjects: running, biking and poetry. And then it throws in feminist history and the fatal ...

Jordan Murphy covered his face as he hugged his coach and teammates, knowing he would never share this kind of stage again. It's an unmatched sense of ...

Diana Kulmizev, a senior at Agawam High School, performed three poems for the Fourteenth Annual Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest State Finals.

I'm going to preface this review by saying I've never been a massive fan of poetry. Try as I may, I've not connected with this form of written word. This month ...

WS Merwin, who has died aged 91, was one of the most honoured and prolific poets in the US. He published some 25 books of poetry, two of which won the ...

Simon Jenkins (Being allowed to end one's life is the ultimate human right, 22 March) confuses a right with a liberty. I am at liberty to take my own life, in the ...

In Popova's thrilling world of mathematics, nature and more, everything is connected. Bulgarian-born writer, blogger, literary and cultural critic Maria Popova.

I think I'll pretty much always click on an interview with Stevie Nicks, no matter how many I've read and how much I think I know about her. There's a particularly ...

It's 10:45 a.m. on a Wednesday, and the Poet Laureate of Kansas is playing drums in the Ulrich Museum. Poet Laureate Kevin Rabas, who's toured 42 Kansas ...

Today is national poetry day and to celebrate we've got one of the UK's biggest poets to give his top tips. Joseph Coelho is *fresh* from judging the Premier ...

Eight-year-old Tighani Jones was remembered with tears, stories and an abundance of love at a funeral *service* packed with more than 100 family members and ...

GUWAHATI: “Poetry is the mother tongue of humanity. Any day could be considered a poetry day”, said renowned poet Anubhav Tulasi as he was speaking at ...

Emma Lazarus Is the subject of a new exhibit at the American Jewish Historical Society featuring Laurie Anderson reading her work.

In his debut, "Bicycle in a Ransacked City: An Elegy," poet and editor Andrés Cerpa details the journey of his late father's struggle with Parkinson's as he ...

"Let's look at these fine audits," said the Chairman. "Let's put you to the test.”

Looking for a collection of poems for any occasion? Look no further, for UNESCO World Poetry Day Grazua compiled a list of poems for all different occasions ...

With your help we wrote an epic love poem to Buffalo in anticipation of the weekend's celebrations. We started you off, and you took on the rest.

W. S. Merwin, a formidable American poet who for more than 60 years labored under a formidable poetic yoke: the imperative of using language — an ...

There is kindness here if you can keep it in mind there is sadness, remorse and discourse that signals just how much I love you. However I walk in daylight and ...

NORTHERN BALLET: The story of Queen Victoria is told through dance in Northern Ballet's latest production, which comes to London for just one week. Her love ...

MONTREAL, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Water calligraphy, or ground writing in Chinese by an anonymous artist in Montreal, the largest city in Canada's Quebec ...

Poems by Louise Wallace, James Brown, Tofig Dankalay, Gregory Kan, Tusiata Avia, Qalina, Airini Beautrais, Selina Tusitala Marsh Ahakoa he iti he pounamu ...

Spring is finally upon us which means flowers, rain showers, and lots of *fresh*, bright colors. Which makes it the perfect time to talk about an eye catching trend of ...

Led Zeppelin guitarist and co-founder Jimmy Page's girlfriend, Scarlett Sabet shared a recent Instagram post via her official account. Scarlett stated that.

“Love GOD, your God, with your whole heart: love him with all that's in you, love him with all you've got! Write these commandments that I've given you today on ...

George Edward Hart: Social worker. Poet. Romantic. Father. Born Oct. 15, 1914, in Charlottetown; died Nov. 19, 2018, in Toronto, of natural causes; aged 104.

AWARD-WINNING author and journalist Stanley Mushava (pictured) has released his second poetry collection — Rhyme and Resistance — which betrays his ...

"Lucy Negro Redux," based on the book by Nashville poet Caroline Randall Williams, explores the love life of William Shakespeare.

On March 20, the French section of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures put on Mélodies, described by the department as being “An evening of ...

Eloisa Amezcua, who will present at the eighth annual “WordSpring” creative writing conference at Butte College, collects her poems in “From The Inside Quietly.

Hilton Als reviews Suzan-Lori Parks's new work, “White Noise,” which enters a terrible emotional landscape but doesn't explore it.

The book highlights classic songs such as "It's You I Like," as well as lesser-known ditties that Mr. Rogers performed on his show.

Aaron Maniam, a Singaporean poet and policymaker, reviews "Truth and Justice", an Estonian film based in part on the five-volume book series by A. H. ...

On March 25, 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono were a few days into their marriage when they invited the press to join them at their honeymoon suite at the ...

If you're a huge fan of the Fab 5 from Queer Eye, there's a very good chance that you know they'll promote ANYTHING on Instagram: so we ranked it.

The voice of Mohammed Aslam fills a soundproof studio. The singer is performing kathu pattu, a popular contemporary song style that narrates emotional ...

On World Poetry Day Vogue meets six poets taking Instagram by storm - including Nikita Gill and Lang Leav.

Poet Kwame Alexander's latest community poem is inspired by kids' definitions of love, touching on everything from ephemeral connections and puppy kisses to ...

Robert Coppola is a documentary photographer and professor at Massachusetts College of Art, and he is coming to John Steinbeck Library 4:30-5:30pm Friday, ...

Valentine's Day may be behind us, but the Meadows choirs joined forces at Caruth Auditorium on Sunday, March 3 to sing about love in all its forms.

Japanese people's love of a hot bath dates back deep in history. Records say medieval poet Fujiwara no Teika (1162-1241) visited Arima Onsen hot sprin.

The past few weeks have been plagued by Mercury retrograde, and chances are, you've been feeling more disorganized, disoriented, and disheveled than ...

They say love is light. I think they do. I'm not really sure. I might have heard that in a Subaru commercial. The point is that I see your light right now. And I wish I ...

As poetry enjoys a renaissance, Vogue meets six poets cutting through the social media noise with their witty, wry and accessible work, to talk about the power of ...

Scott Walker, the '60s pop star who advanced through pop and the avant-garde in a legendary five-decade career, has died. Soon after the news broke early ...

by: Paul R. Benson. When we dare to fall in love, it is as if our feet stand atop a precipice as we contemplate the leap of faith into the unknown. How far does one ...

Trigger warning: child loss. E.E. cummings once wrote, “I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart).” My mom gave me the poem as a board book for the ...

The Nepal native is pushing street art's legitimacy forward in Boston with her global aesthetic.

Hundreds gather outside City Lights bookstore to mark the 100th birthday of City Lights founder and Beat Generation figure Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

Our love affair with love poetry's as old as time and showing no signs of fading, writes Rita de Brún. Time was when the Bible was considered the oldest book ...

It's not easy to get over the loss of your loved ones. Some people may find their comfort in friends and family, while for literary giants, they turn the grief into ...

The following conversation between novelist Marilynne Robinson and theologian Rowan Williams took place at Wheaton College in Illinois and was moderated ...

Slam is a venue away from the traditional stuffiness of poetry, which is why it makes sense that the most fertile ground for slam is on the Internet. Both slam and ...

Every year, Arab scholars commemorate the 1981 assassination of Balqis al-Rawi, wife of poet Nizar Qabbani. He stopped writing about love - and the Arab ...

The stellar MC's latest track leans toward Motown.

Love Poems (For Married People) Author John Kenney joins John Williams to explain why he created a satirical take on love poetry. But then, he goes into why ...

Herald-Mail Media invites readers to compose and enter love poetry in the seventh annual Herald-Mail Media Love Poetry Contest.

Poetic inspiration comes in different forms.For the winners of this year's Herald-Mail Media Love Poetry Contest, inspiration came from knowing what love is.

Marcus Jackson's collection “Pardon My Heart” celebrates the way deep emotion unfogs and energizes the experience of living.

A poet struggles for words during a marriage proposal, leading to the question: Is poetry really better at capturing our feelings than plain old prose? Tell us in the ...

one major thing that the Church can and should be doing to be relevant to today's Western society is to help people to experience God directly, to commune with ...

On our Bookshelf: the power of love to change who we are and the world around us. The head of the Episcopal Church, the Most Reverend Michael Curry, ...

Send SMS and poetry to resolute once again on Pakistan Resolution Day 23 March. Get here Speeches and Military Parade videos on this special day.

Friday March 29 2019: mark it in your diaries. Sure, the date already sounds kinda familiar. But henceforth let this day be known as that of east London pub The.

NPR's Morning Edition is asking kids and students to write a poem with the prompt, "Love is." Teachers, please share this prompt with your class and submit their ...

Former California Poet Laureate and USC Dornsife Professor of English Carol Muske-Dukes selects a variety of poetic works that celebrate love, romance and ...

Boulder poet Andrea Gibson weaves together love poetry with entries that explore protests, gun violence, homophobia and even war. The complexities and ...

Artists and creative professionals are change agents. They provide us with *fresh* ideas on old quandaries, from racial equity and gentrification to gender identity.

Looking for a poetry recommendation to help get you through Valentine's Day? Sarah Kay, one of the people behind the Paris Review column Poetry Rx, is here ...

It's official: poetry is more popular than cricket. It was recently reported that, in any given year, more adults in England wrote a poem than played in a cricket ...

Pinned beside my desk in The Washington Post's newsroom, between storytelling tips and accumulated press passes from years of scientific meetings, I keep a ...

Michelangelo was quite a talented fellow! I mean, the Pietà! The statue of David! The Sistine Chapel! The acclaimed sculptor, artist and architect was considered ...