Hundreds of millions of poetic words have been written throughout history. Navigate your way into this beautiful art form ...

Irshad Khan ‘Sikandar’, poet, lyricist, writer and playwright who enthralled both enthusiasts and connoisseurs alike, passed ...

Early on in beloved animation director Sylvain Chomet ’s “A Magnificent Life” (French title “Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol”), ...

Mary O’Donnell, author of Walking Ghosts, on the short story: how I approach it, and why emotional honesty matters . . .

It’s one of those classic short poems about life that can change the way you think. Beautiful, also, are the souls of my people. One of America’s most famous poets, Langston Hughes was a key ...

In addition to his poetry and short stories, he was a respected literary ... It’s here where his work (and life) turn south. “Genesis” is one of those poems that is more attractive in ...

Drunk (2023) Wang Mun Kiat is a Singaporean-Chinese poet, whose simple poems in his second collection Short Tongue (2023 ... captures an artist’s lust for life. Translated from Chinese by ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Heidi Mordhorst, who lives in Silver Spring, Maryland — a short bike ride from Washington, D.C. Heidi began writing poems early in childhood and ...

It wasn’t until the time he had decorated the interior panels of our front door with red cloud-like shapes that I recalled a poetry reading where I heard Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Sharon Olds ...

This is a short poem with immeasurable depth ... Essentially a declaration of his refusal to let this handicap ruin his life, the full poem says in bold words that you, and only you, are in ...