The words to the US National Anthem were written by Francis Scott Key, as he watched the British Royal Navy bombarding Fort McHenry ...

Library System (NOLS) is excited to bring poetry programs to Clallam County during Poetry Month this April, in partnership ...

World Poetry Day is observed annually on March 21 to pay tribute to poets. It also aims to promote the reading, writing, and teaching of poetry worldwide. Poetry is a form of art and culture.

Lyric poems introduced experimentation with different meters and all were sung by the poets to the accompaniment of a lyre, hence the name lyric poetry. Ancient lyric poets wrote short, direct poems, ...

This Friday, the timeless verses of Homer’s Iliad will resonate in the courtyard of the Acropolis Museum, as Greece celebrates World Poetry Day with a free, day-long event hosted by ERT’s Third ...

‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’ is one of the most famous poems in the English language, and continues to exert its influence on contemporary poetry. Mark and Seamus explore three of Gray’s ...

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 ...

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for ...

But there's a problem: "pius" Aeneas, as he's called in the poem (meaning dutiful and, for lack of a better term, job-oriented), has his eyes on his mission to found a new city for his people ...