April is National Poetry Month, so in honor of that I will offer some thoughts about springtime poems. The first to come to ...

Jeet Thayil’s long-awaited poetry collection blends personal grief with sharp social commentary, navigating the intersections ...

If you’ve ridden the Toronto subway lately, you may have stumbled upon an unexpected bit of poetry in the ad space on the car. Maybe it was a haiku by Martin Gomes about the eternal nature of ...

It was clear that there is much more to Lane’s conception of these works than mere surface beauty. This was most obvious in ...

Before 2020, certain aspects of poetry — how it often communicated mood rather than plot, how it required slowing down — frustrated me. In the shadow of the pandemic, though, those same ...

Holi symbolizes the celebration of colors, unity, and the triumph of good over evil. In Braj, the festival is uniquely ...

Written in a colloquial voice, this poetry remains highly evocative: The wet sands glistened, an’ the gleamin’ moon Shone yeller on the sea, all streakin’ down Dennis’ sequel, The Moods of ...

Discover the life and poetry of Mirza Ghalib, a legendary poet whose legacy continues to captivate hearts today.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with John Himmelman about his new collection of illustrated poems for children, "The Boy Who Lived in ...

Alia Bhatt is celebrating her 32nd birthday. She has received warm wishes from her in-laws Neetu Kapoor, Riddhima Kapoor ...

The Greek War of Independence erupted into the the early nineteenth century as Europe was being shaken to its roots by riots ...

The lecture, titled Game-Changer: The Life and Writing of Julia Mood Peterkin ... 1990s and later became a poet studying writing and poetry at the University of South Carolina, online classes ...