Poe’s writing career began in the early 1820s with the release of “Tamerlane and Other Poems,” a collection of poems that included the well-thought-out 403-line poem “Tamerlane,” which ...

Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

Shakespeare reading "Hamlet" to his family, circa 1600. Most people confuse a sonnet and a poem, but they have slight differences. A sonnet is a specific type of poem, typically consisting of 14 ...

Clint Smith. Do any of these names sound familiar? How about Amanda Gorman? All of these writers are part of America’s thriving contemporary poetry scene. But you won’t find them in many text books, ...

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I wonder if I will miss the moss,” by Jane Mead, and his own poem “Mother.” The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss her translation ...

Poetry is close to my heart. I would be lost without its very specific magic, its ability to spark wonder and shock and to open up fresh vistas on life in God. But as W. H. Auden famously says in his ...

The collection is made up of more than 90 poems, many of which are named for individuals who, like Gottfriedson, were forced to attend the Kamloops Indian Residential School, which operated from ...

JARED Bahay is already on his way to becoming the next in the long line of great Ateneo point guards. But coach Tab Baldwin, like he has done for this current group of Blue Eagles, preached ...

Victorian poetry was read and enjoyed by a much larger audience than is sometimes thought. Publication in widely-circulating periodicals, reprinting in book reviews, and excerpting in novels and ...

SINGAPORE – Literary non-profit Sing Lit Station (SLS) has launched Afterimage, its publishing arm focused on poetry, in hopes of addressing a “conspicuous gap” in the home-grown literary scene.