The world we live in is a wasteland of words, but reading poetry reminds us that language can be used with precision and ...

The indomitable human spirit is no lie. The Immigrant Story is an Oregon-based nonprofit that tells the stories of immigrants ...

We spend all our lives passing by and living in nature ... roses-are-red poems when considering rose symbolism in poetry, there’s a world of poems about roses, and this one is a beautiful ...

Heather Lende, Alaska's previous Writer Laureate, shares a poem read on a cold, dark night during a dinner with friends.

The Poetry Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, managed in California by the California Arts Council and ...

Playwright Marisela Treviño Orta and director Marcela Lorca are working in the tradition of Pablo Neruda, Robert Frost, and ...

A new map is being drawn, and 100 contemporary world poets are taking over ... As aptly illustrated by the poem, You, Ocean by Nujoom Alghanem, while you approach the Louvre and get dumbstruck ...

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George Oppen’s “From a Photograph” turns a wintry snapshot into a moving meditation on parenthood and the passage of time.

Knoxville will mark Black History Month in 2025 with art and performances, plus a "Conversation with a Legend" featuring Beck ...

Books about a family’s exploration of the natural world, the challenges of parenthood during a time of climate crisis and how animals perceive the planet have won $10,000 prizes for their exemplary bl ...