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.

For members of The Bangles, the quintessential all-female band of the 1980s, “Walk Like An Egyptian” was an aberration — not just a departure from their rock-influenced roots, but running ...

If New Orleans were to appoint a city poet laureate — and why shouldn’t we have one? — I would nominate Brad Richard. His award-winning poetry plows, with a loving and critical eye ...

First transmitted in 1959, John Betjeman is filmed at different London locations introducing and reciting four of his poems. Show more First transmitted in 1959, John Betjeman is filmed at ...

The shortlist for the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize 2025 has been announced by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre. This is the seventh year of the prize, awarded annually for an ...

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The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I have slept in many places, for years on mattresses that entered,” by Diane Seuss, and his own poem “This Is a Test of the Federal Emergency ...

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.

On June 14, 2024, at Cape Cod’s National Seashore near Provincetown, Massachusetts, the nation’s twenty-fourth Poet Laureate, Ada Limón, unveiled the inaugural installation of her signature project, ...