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A video reading of the poem, titled "Love Letter From the Afterlife" went viral after Gibson's passing was announced -- with ...
I am more with you than I ever could have imagined,” Gibson says in the poem, written while facing a terminal illness.
Could Taylor Swift welcome a new "era" of poetry appreciation? We've got a guide on how to write a poem and 11 prompts to inspire your writing.
Welcome mats bearing the legend “difficult” and “allusive” are the ones often placed by critics at the door of T. S. Eliot’s ...
Could Taylor Swift welcome a new "era" of poetry appreciation? We've got a guide on how to write a poem and 11 prompts to inspire your writing.
Poems about life for nearly every situation Poetry doesn’t just reflect life—it makes life an object of art. Whatever state or mood you’re in, poems about life are there to guide you, to ...
The KUOW Book Club is reading "You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World" edited by Ada Limón in April 2025 in partnership with Seattle Public Library's Seattle Reads program.
Our critic A.O. Scott walks you through a poem that speaks to his mood right now. It’s called “Party Politics,” but it’s not about those parties, or those politics.
When you read the poem aloud, you hear its jumpy, syncopated rhythm. It resolves into a tidy, clever pair of end-rhymed lines, a mic drop proclaiming the supremacy of poetry over grubby, fact ...
There's an endless number of silly, whimsical and funny poems that are sure to give you a chuckle, no matter when you read them!