Jean Prokott—a decade-long Century High School English teacher, the city’s third Poet Laureate, a recent recipient of a $50K ...

Poetry is “a luxury we cannot afford”, Singapore’s founding prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, said many years ago. He intended it to be a maxim for the then-fledgling nation to focus on matters ...

Publishing poetry on Instagram “goes beyond writing. On social media, there's a communication, a visual, an aesthetic and an audio aspect. Of course you must have a way with words, but you also ...

When French writer Marion Fritsch began posting short texts on Instagram in 2023, she did not think her work qualified as ...

In a post-truth world, poetry is an anomaly. A strange and wondrous thing animated by the truth. Our lone defense against the rising tide of propaganda, lies, and manufactured facts. Poetry is an ...

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Seamus Heaney Fellow, Fiona Benson, has chosen her shortlist of four for this year’s Moth Poetry Prize, and commended a further eight poems. One of the most prestigious prizes in the world for ...

He was a consultant in the apparel industry for many years, now he leads fly fishing trips in northern and coastal Maine, holds the certificate of Registered Maine Guide, and writes poetry.

Navigate your way into this beautiful art form with this list of the most famous poems ever written. What jumps into your mind when you think of the most famous poems ever written? Shakespearean ...

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for ...

We’ve all heard those old phrases from our parents, grandparents, and older generations that can seem tired or overly simple. But when you really think about it, many of these so-called ...

But there's a problem: "pius" Aeneas, as he's called in the poem (meaning dutiful and, for lack of a better term, job-oriented), has his eyes on his mission to found a new city for his people ...