We hear the call of the sea in poems from Coleridge and Eliot to Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner, but those words also sound a warning – if only we would listen

A film by Max Sherman. Based on a poem by Natalie Griffen. Starring the fabulous Chloe Cherry.

How do you inspire a divided nation to unite around a common cause? With poetry, of course. The resemblance of Amanda Gorman’s poem to a speech is no coincidence. She prepared for the event by studying how “rhetoric has been used for good” in the past. Rhetoric is a device most often used in political speeches.

Santabodies! How can Santa deliver presents safely this year? A short story full of hope for Christmas 2020.

I’m sure we’ve all been through that phase when you just want to make 30 minute thinly veiled monochrome allegories about your fear of ageing.

Wanda Coleman’s work tallies and transcends the difficulties of being a black woman in a profession that hardly pays.

Give yourself over to a rhythm that is not your own.

After decadeslong careers in landscape architecture and sculpture, centenarian finds art in words

Consider this your heads up.

Her poetry — some of it stashed in a drawer for years — was tempered by years of being a single mother and her Roman Catholic faith.

Heartfelt handwritten lines from the war poet ‘fell into the lap’ of researcher who was trawling through theatre director’s letters

Manuscript of works by the poet John Donne is at risk of being lost abroad unless a UK buyer can step in to save it

The Emily Dickinson Museum, located in Amherst, MA, has received a $22 million gift as part of a larger bequest to Amherst College from the late alumnus, William McC. Vickery. "The transformative...

Dylan’s “Tangled Up in Blue” strikes a middle point between his more surreal lyrics of the ‘60s and his more straightforward love songs, and as Polyphonic’s recent video taking a deep dive into this “musical masterpiece” shows, that combination is why so many count it as one of his best songs. By Ted Mills.

Wild Is The Fire That Consumes Even The Sparkle Of Your Unforgettable Eyes by Wordsinger Loveless and longing, heartfire is dying, the silent flicker of your tongue a trampled ghost of memory. Shal…

An interactive review of the periodic table -- composed of 119 haiku

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Smithsonian historian David Ward umpires the field of poetry, honoring the boys of spring, and calls a strike

Home was a dented silver trailer simply, without shine inside and out. The window view of the sea its evolving colors of cloud and fog filled her need for decoration. A square sky painting above th…