On March 22, 1929, the California legislature in a joint resolution names a man who spent his boyhood hunting ducks and geese in Sutter County as California’s second poet laureate.

Country artist Madeline Edwards channels self-empowerment, grief, freedom into latest chapter of her critically-acclaimed musical career.

EDDA L. FIELDS-BLACK is the proud daughter of Eddie Fields, esq., and icon Dorothy Jenkins Fields, founder of the Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater. PHOTO ...

Two national organizations have recognized University of Mississippi professor Aimee Nezhukumatathil for her work in poetry, ...

Seamus Heaney Fellow, Fiona Benson, has chosen her shortlist of four for this year’s Moth Poetry Prize, and commended a ...

Perhaps because he is the baby of the Windsor family, Prince Edward has usually remained in the shadow of his older siblings. But as he celebrates his 61st birthday today, royal watchers are ...

10 Interesting Facts About Scandal!’s Edward Nkhumishe (Poet). He is one of the talented youngsters to watch out for. Edward Nkhumishe started off in theatre, but now is making major moves in the ...

We may earn a commission from your purchases. As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well.

‘If art is to make a contribution to a better world, art needs to be able to deal with reality,’ says George the Poet, who, at 34, marks this point in his career as a transition from ‘intuiting’ the ...

Instead of defaulting to the notifications on my phone, poetry has inspired me to begin the day in a different way. By Charley Locke Most mornings, as soon as I wake up, I feel the pull of my phone.