Ceasefire,” his most famous poem, invoked the “Iliad” in exploring his country’s sectarian strife. But his work wasn’t ...
Over a career that’s now in its seventh decade, Frederick Seidel has published nearly 20 notable collections of poetry—work ...
For Stephen Pitters, it’s all about evolution. In 1985, he started the Spokane Open Poetry Association. When that ran its ...
Love might be the most universal emotion to write about, but these songs are one of the flimsiest, creepiest, or downright gross ways of capturing romance.
Throughout history, poets have captured the essence of love, desire, longing, and devotion in their verses. Romantic poetry ...
Thanks to the Timothée Chalamet-led film 'A Complete Unknown,' Bob Dylan is enjoying newfound popularity. That makes some ...
Anya Taylor-Joy is one of the fastest-rising young stars in Hollywood, with her four favourite movies impacting her life and career.
Jacobs, the founder of Yetzirah: A Hearth for Jewish Poetry, has written two previously acclaimed collections: Pelvis with ...
John Betjeman, 52, is a gentle, witty, rumpled Englishman who has been called “the greatest ... as “the poet the Princess reads” (Margaret does). It is simply that Britons of all classes ...
It is with the deepest sadness that I, like so many others, have learned of the death of Michael Longley. I regarded him as a peerless poet with at least three poetic lives. It is, however, the ...
The words of these Black poets cut to the core of the human experience and the realities of being Black in America ...
Frost is among the great poets of winter, for him a season of regret ... In “Nothing New,” the “winter dream” recalls a time when the speaker was “young at play.” ...