Cornelius Eady, a National Book Award finalist, shared an excerpt from “Proof,” an original poem he has written for Zohran ...

With new translations from the long-extinct Hittite language, UChicago Ph.D. student Naomi Harris brought verses from clay ...

Poet and activist Amanda Gorman recited an original poem on the third night of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, in a follow-up to the historic recitation of her original “The Hill We ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In his memoir, "Story of a Poem" (Unnamed Press), the celebrated writer Michael Zapruder (author of "Father's Day" and ...

NASA and the U.S. Poet Laureate may not be obvious collaborators, but a Jupiter-bound mission helped them find common ground. NASA and the U.S. Poet Laureate may not be obvious collaborators, but a ...

You've heard of the beloved "’Twas the Night Before Christmas" poem. But who actually wrote and inspired these iconic holiday verses? As far as classic Christmas Eve activities go, nothing beats ...

Poet Amanda Gorman spoke out after her poem The Hill We Climb, which she recited at President Joe Biden's presidential inauguration, was removed from an elementary school in Miami-Dade County, Florida ...

Mexican artists José Olivarez and Antonio Salazar are in conversation on masculinity, community and love with their new poetry and photography collection, Por Siempre (“Forever,” Haymarket Books, ...

Poetry is a beautiful and abstract tool that expresses our deepest longings, needs, and desires from the heart. Expert astrologers have paired each birth month with a classic poem that reflects the ...

A poem once described as a "torrent of four-letter filth" is being performed in the graveyard that inspired it, following the death of its author. Tony Harrison's poem V will be read in Holbeck ...

The famous words "'Twas the night before Christmas" shaped the holiday by popularizing stockings, reindeer, and even Santa Claus. But the classic poem also sparked a centuries-long controversy. Now, ...

Amanda Gorman read her poem, "The Hill We Climb," at the Biden-Harris ceremony. Amanda Gorman made history Wednesday as the youngest poet in recent history to read a poem at a presidential ...