Almir Agić, a 22-year-old Roma man from Ilijaš, near Sarajevo, fights prejudice with poetry and art, giving a voice to those who are invisible in society. In his poetry collection “Kaktus u polju ...

Amid papal mourning, an annual celebration of the Divine Mercy reminds the faithful that Easter joy triumphs over tears, with ...

Dea Kulumbegashvili’s sprawling meditation on gynaecological morality, which literal-minded distributors really have held back until TS Eliot’s “cruellest month”, is quite unlike anything ...

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I have slept in many places, for years on mattresses that entered,” by Diane Seuss, and his own poem “This Is a Test of the Federal Emergency ...

April is National Poetry Month — a time set aside each year to celebrate the written and spoken word in all its richness. Established by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, this national ...

The tradition in the Catholic Church is that a nine-day mourning period is held after the pope dies, but the church is still celebrating the Octave of Easter. The Bishop of the Diocese of Dallas ...

Often, as much as I want to be bowled over by the joy of Easter, life can seem just as challenging, clouded and confusing in this Octave of Easter as it did during the long trek through Lent.

Jam Pedals has brought back one of its old limited edition favourites and a bona-fide modern classic of octave fuzz, the Octaurus. And it has brought this gnarly fuzz pedal back in two distinct ...

Geary says it is especially tough to lose the pope during the Easter holiday, as the church continues with the Easter Octave, an eight day rejoicing period with daily solemnities from Easter Sunday to ...

These poems, along with countless others, serve as beacons of hope and inspiration, reminding us that we all have a role to play in creating a sustainable future. By embracing the messages ...

A.F. Moritz has been awarded the second annual Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize. Moritz was awarded the prize for his 22nd collection of poetry, Great Silent Ballad, published in 2024 by House of ...

“Farewell dear Pope Francis/Nature and poetry and the suffering shall miss their champion.” Check out the poem in full, as well as more entertainment world reactions, below. A beautiful day in ...