It presents a striking racial embodiment of the Platonic mood in poetry, and offers some curious points of similarity and opposition to the specimens of Platonizing poetry furnished by Mr. Harrison.

NOT since the ninth century, when the Caliph elMamun, son of Harun el-Rashid, made his court a haven for men of letters, have Arab writers been so productive as they are today. In 1954, over four ...

Research shows that poetry can provide comfort and boost mood during periods of stress, trauma and grief. The Omari Hardwick bluapple Poetry Network, part of the Jason Taylor Foundation, ...

Poetry is uniquely suited to help you get deeper and more emotional, and change the framing of a difficult time, all of which support mental health and, of course, creativity.

Last summer, Maggie Smith — no, not that one — sat in a Starbucks in Bexley, Ohio, and wrote a poem. “Life is short, though I keep this from my children,” it began. Smith had no idea that ...

The mood in each case is somewhat blue as well. The portrait of Nakahara Chuya (1907-37) that gazes mournfully from this new volume of his poetry is a familiar one: It shows him at the age of 18 ...

Poetry readers this year have been in the mood for kindness. The Academy of American Poets announced Wednesday that Naomi Shihab Nye's "Kindness" was the most popular work on poets.org. More than ...

This poetry collection hews to this effort, as Ojakol Omerio writes in the introduction. Africa Edition Kenya Edition Uganda Edition Tanzania Edition ePaper Search. Subscribe Log in.

“I saw an improvement in my mood,” said Dr. Clark, who now sees patients in Greer, S.C. “It gave me another outlet.” The notion that art can improve mental well-being is something many ...