Do you or any of the readers know who the poet was who mentioned that the love of his life “slept among the lines in Tennessee”? He was 10 and she was 7 and died with scarlet fever. He never married ...

Many of these challenges also emphasize self-optimization as an endless pursuit in which the ultimate goal is perfection. As ...

Miller said he is honored to be Austin’s first poet laureate. It’s a two-year role through Austin Public Library with the goal of promoting poetry, literacy, and literary arts in Austin and serving as ...

One artist in particular created a song that Bob Dylan once called "one of the most powerful records" he ever heard.

A new anthology edited by US poet laureate Ada Limón invites us into the natural world.

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

Sen. Cory Booker gave a marathon speech that lasted 25 hours and five minutes. Here are the top five moments from his speech.

Using their analytical skills when interacting with stanzas for the first time helps students uncover deeper meaning in ...

Although his approach departs somewhat from Rilke’s — the speaker in these poems may not always love the questions quite as ...

And I tried, I really did ... the screaming in my head continued. At 25, I grabbed a TV dinner table and a folding chair, sat ...

On the eve of a new exhibition, the artist talks to Geordie Greig about his alter ego ‘Claire’, surviving emotional abuse and ...