Inspired by the cleansing water of spiritual baths, aja monet's new poetry collection "Florida Water" explores ways a poem can rinse, unravel and reveal hard truths.

Discover how rhetorical excess and superlativism shape modern language, as Andrew Fiala reflects on Trump’s rhetoric and the wisdom of precision.

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis, it seems, cannot issue a statement about the president’s activities or statements without inflating its importance. Everything has to be ...

This poem meticulously documents the Yangtze finless porpoise through morphological details, surfacing postures and maternal care behaviors. Sancai Tuhui, compiled by Wang Qi (1573–1620) (CC BY-SA) ...

In 2010, for example, literary scholar Julie Brown suggested that renowned American poet Emily Dickinson had characteristics – such as sensory issues, social quirkiness and a savant’s command ...

Event details about Alessia Cara - Love & Hyperbole Tour - POSTPONED in San Francisco on April 26, 2025 - watch, listen, photos and tickets ...

It is hard not to find the hyperbolic use of numbers in the Seder a bit over the top. It is, of course, all a game aimed at showing our enthusiasm over God’s redemptive power in the story and ...

I kept reading poetry, but for the last, I don’t know, 25 or 30 years, I’ve been very much a casual reader of poetry—not someone professionally invested in it, not someone who specializes in it.

By itself, a poem can’t fix injustice, prevent violence, or erase mistakes we’ve made. But it can “hold you and scold you at the same time,” Daughtry writes; it can “make you float . . . introduce you ...

For this piece on hyperbole examples, Jo Ann Liguori tapped her decades of experience as a copy editor to ensure that all information is accurate and offers the best possible advice to readers.

On "Love & Hyperbole," the Brampton-born pop star balances the weight of pessimism with a new-found joy.