The expression comes from the famous scene in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” in which the eponymous seafarer shoots and kills an albatross—a sign of good luck or providence ...

Established in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, National Poetry Month is an annual celebration held every April that ...

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 ...

On Wednesday, the Stanford department of Slavic languages and literatures hosted a colloquium featuring Stuart H. Goldberg, ...

Today, we hear Al Robles reading an excerpt from his poem “Cold Mountain in Chinatown” which he performed at the Poetry ...

Revere, who was later immortalized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem, was one of many riders who rode through the ...

Sacramento poet Andru Defeye was honored for his long-standing work in the literary arts at a gathering hosted Monday by Sacramento’s office of arts and culture, showing the city’s gratitude for his ...

It’s a song every American has heard countless times, but how much do you really know about our national anthem?

OLYMPIAN Daley Thompson has been evicted from Celebrity Big Brother. The former athlete has become the third housemate to be eliminated from the ITV social experiment competition. During the ...

In the process, the team think they can identify the characteristics of the ancestral rose, from which all modern roses ...