When love contracts, it lives in the chest of one person. When it expands, it becomes the world. Jigar Moradabadi understood ...

Pronounced “Old Lang Zyne,” experts say it started as a poem, and has since become a song that is now a staple in New Year’s ...

If you’ve ever written a set of lyrics or a poem, you’ve probably imagined how it might sound as a song. But turning words ...

Writing does not take us away from the difficult and the painful. If we write with courage and with integrity, it can take us ...

It's not often that "thinking inside the box," is lauded as a winning strategy. But for spoken word poet Henry Morray, it won Slamovision's 2025 international slam poetry competition.

BY HILTON KNIGHT IN LOVING MEMORY OF BARBARA M. KNIGHT OPINION — I have fond memories of my childhood as the ninth of 11 children. The times I cherish most are the times of an older sister allowing me ...

The surgeon informed Longfellow that Charley’s wound “was very serious” and that “paralysis might ensue.” Three surgeons gave ...

With new translations from the long-extinct Hittite language, UChicago Ph.D. student Naomi Harris brought verses from clay ...

The Hereward Community Rail Partnership (HCRP) has held what Greater Anglia describes as a "unique cultural event" involving poetry on a train.

“My annual birthday selfie. No filter. No makeup,” Milano captioned an Instagram selfie on Friday, December 19, noting she only has “micro-bladed eyebrows and whatever is left from [her] last round of ...

Sappho sang of desire, passion, and love, mostly directed towards women. She remains the most mysterious of ancient poets.

The Atlantic magazine introduced many now-classic works by writers including Longfellow, Whitman and Frost.