There’s a lot going on in the poetry community right now. My Santa Barbara Independent colleague, George Yatchisin, will ...

An archive has revealed a handwritten copy of a 200-year-old poem originally written to prove rhyming is easy after an argument at a breakfast table. Marking World Poetry Day, Longleat in Wiltshire ...

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

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

Think you clocked all the references to A Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes in Sunrise on the Reaping? Think again.

Don't just say "I like you" or "I love you"—make your love confession to that special someone in a more romantic way, with an unforgettable poem.

Also, Irish singer Robert Scott will perform a wide array of traditional Irish tunes at St. Peter’s Chapel on Mare Island.

Torah High School senior, Rebecca Leeman, launched the recent Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices program Tuesday evening, March 4, in ...

A child’s despair over a rain-ruined Saturday is changed by a rainbow in the opening poem by Nikki Grimes (“I catch the storm’s apology:/ sun-drenched strips of color/ arch across the sky ...

A COMMENTATOR proved rhyme doesn't pay as viewers whinged and cringed over a light-hearted line in Brentford's draw with Everton. Fans rated the broadcaster's attempt at a brief witty ditty on ...