Researchers are new to studying the implications of poetry for well-being and the brain. Still, it may surprise you “what a ...

What’s your favorite Langston Hughes poem? Maybe it’s one you grew up with. Maybe it’s one you stumbled across in a moment of ...

In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Bards of Moon City will host a series of free poetry readings in Springfield during April.

Explore 8 powerful but lesser-known poems by Maya Angelou that reveal her depth, spirit, and poetic genius—perfect for discovery during National Poetry Month.

Fifteen Wild Decembers” by novelist Karen Powell shows the depth of creativity shared among the talented Brontë siblings, as ...

We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: maybe because it came as an unexpected gift from a friend or loved one, or in ...

The book she could not finish, for example, is War and Peace ... The most interesting answer arrived under the heading, “The poetry that saved me”. Maya Angelou’s wonderfully inspiring ...

I went on to explain how I’m often inspired by “little things, quiet moments, by nature, children, pets, animals, family ... example of how I got an idea and how I developed it into a poem.

If you sit with it, you can see that the poem has the aspect of a Greek drama. It gets down to a conflict, like the one in Antigone, between love and duty, or between obligations to the family versus ...

Navigate your way into this beautiful art form with this list of the most famous poems ever written. What jumps into your mind when you think of the most famous poems ever written? Shakespearean ...

Despite having only two lines, this short poem is a strong example of imagism, a movement in the early 20th century that was characterized by sharp language that created incredibly clear imagery.