He’s a perceptive reader, and he has a knack for writing about poems in ways that lend shape and even excitement to the act of reading and thinking about them. He’s also comfortable ignoring some of ...

MUMBAI: Describing poetry as the "language of justice" and "vocal cords of society", renowned screenwriter and lyricist Javed ...

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

Write a bunch of poems about his beloved sport of baseball, and how the sport is a metaphor for both our lives, and his life.

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 ...

His metaphor certainly encompasses this new canon, but it also describes an ongoing tradition. Poetry has always assembled and disassembled—and reassembled—in all kinds of magical and ...

As an example, take a look at this 1987 performance from Maya Angelou’s famous poem “Still I Rise” Maya Angelou does not just recite these lines. She plays, she dances and she lives as she celebrates ...