The complete version contains about 800 examples of irregular spelling and pronunciation, and although the poem is meant to be read with British English pronunciations in mind, it doesn't make much ...

With “Poem of the Day,” The New York Sun offers a daily portion of verse selected by Joseph Bottum with the help of the North Carolina poet Sally Thomas, the Sun’s associate poetry editor. Tied to the ...

Spoken word is often used to talk publicly about societal issues. There has been a growing trend of music artists in the last few years using the words of poets to strengthen their voices and ...

The words of Emma Lazarus’s famous 1883 sonnet “The New Colossus” have seemed more visible since Donald Trump’s election. They can be found on the news and on posters, in tweets and in the ...

In the poem, Kumin captures a familiar quiet wonder and the feeling of being close to, but not quite a part of, nature as she describes interacting with wildlife around her New Hampshire home.

April is poetry month. The Kent District Library has The Diatribe, a spoken word poetry group, connecting with youth in classrooms across the county for workshops.

Style Invitational Week 1506: Let’s go magnet fishing with new words. Write a short poem with one of these terms recently added to the dictionary. Plus winning ‘hi’-word limericks.

Things get going with the Word.Art Opening on Thursday, October 24, an exhibit of visual art related to the written word with work by Claire Millikin, Marechal Brown, Stu Kestenbaum, and others.