(You can see sample videos here.) Now, however, we come to stickier issues. First, does poetry recitation really strike some kind of blow for conservatism, or does the teaching of poetry stand ...

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They can also be about anything, from a small feeling to a huge war. There are lots of examples of poems where people disagree about what it means or what it is about – even the poet!

No two Thanksgiving poems are the same—all are a product of their writer and history. “Thanksgiving” by Hanford Lennox Gordon is a prime example: It was written during the Panic of 1857 ...

Joe investigates the importance of the spoken word and the importance of listening: hearing how dialect, for example, can influence the perception of poetry. Listening to a poet through his or her ...

Musicians have long taken inspiration from poetry for their work; here are four rock songs that pull from well-known poems.

Just one beautiful line of poetry can stay with you forever. So feel inspired with these quotes from poets including Rupi Kaur, Sylvia Plath and Audre Lorde. “Poetry begins with a lump in the ...

Christina Rossetti was one of the finest poets of the Victorian age, well known for collections including Goblin Market and Other Poems and The Face of the Deep. She addressed gender issues in her ...

This man told me that things work together. Bad handwriting sometimes leads to new ideas; Poems with lies in them, but they help a little. Robert Bly is the author of many books, including Iron ...

On this occasion, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in China has launched a series of poem-recitation starting from October 28. Magdalena Czechoska, director of the Culture Office at the ...

I Am Maria: My Poems and Reflections on Heartbreak, Healing, and Hope' will hit bookshelves on April 1, 2025 Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

While the bulk of the event was sombre, Monday’s ceremony concluded with a rousing performance from Cool Choir, whose ...