The following editorial is from the opinion page of The Republican newspaper in Springfield. It reflects views of the newspaper’s leadership and not necessarily those of MassLive.com. Readers are ...

Poet and author Charles Ghigna shares the story of a poem he wrote after waking up to his infant son's babbling over a nursery monitor.

Berkshire poet David Giannini’s new collection 'Stones Are the First to Rise' explores nature, politics and the shifting ...

Explore the powerful poetry of former New America Fellows Sarah Kay and Clint Smith, reflecting on culture and the transformative power of words.

As people across the globe celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21, we delve into the world of poetry in ancient Greece, from ...

Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” by Adrienne Rich, is a blazing portrait of an artist and her work. Our critic A.O. Scott admires its ...

March 21, 2025, the globe will unite to commemorate World Poetry Day, a day devoted to celebrating one of humanity's deepest ...

Famous faces such as Queen Elizabeth II and Oprah Winfrey have shared pearls of wisdom over the years, here are some of our ...

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.

Dorothea Mackellar’s poem from 1908, My Country, is famous in Australia despite its ... one of Australia’s best-selling recent poetry titles, Evelyn Araluen’s Drop Bear, sold over 25,000 ...

But more than derivative or maladroit, Emerson’s poems crucially omit the fragility visible within his famous self-reliance ... “It is possible to read the title and imagine Emerson had ...

Jim Cunningham plays Groucho Marx and John Middleton is T.S. Eliot in Jeffrey Hatcher's "Grouch Marx Meets T.S. Eliot" at Illusion Theater. (Lauren B Photography) ...