From ancient epics to modern masterpieces, poetry has shaped our understanding of humanity. Join us as we celebrate the ...

In four new collections, a frank look at disability, a celebration of domestic life (and dogs), a gathering of hushed moments ...

Samuel Waweru, alias Anthem Republiq, during the interview /JOYCE KIMANIIn the winding alleys of Mathare, one of Nairobi’s oldest and most densely populated informal settlements, creativity thrives in ...

WHYY’s Jennifer Lynn and Susan Phillips explore the beauty of nature through poetry, featuring iconic poets like Amanda Gorman, Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg.

The Poetry Machine is an old capsule machine, similar to those at convenience stores, where a quarter or two would release a ...

Poetry is a space to experiment with language — communications through this medium enables deeper emotional expression. This ...

He’s a perceptive reader, and he has a knack for writing about poems in ways that lend shape and even excitement to the act of reading and thinking about them. He’s also comfortable ignoring some of ...

Told from the perspective of a young child, the 1920 poem “[little tree]” uses E.E. Cummings’s iconic free verse and repetition to convey a sense of innocence and quiet warmth. The child ...

Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition?

What came out? Poetry. From "Fragments of Me" They are everywhere. The fragments of me. In the closet, in the drawer, in the ceiling looking down. The fragments of me are all over the land.

The top court’s remarks came while quashing criminal proceedings initiated by the Gujarat Police against Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi over a social media post with a poem ‘Ae khoon ke pyase baat suno ...

I am writing to you with a special poem that I have composed to commemorate the 15-year anniversary of the passing of Ernie Harwell, beloved voice of the Detroit Tigers. (Editor's note ...