A framed poster of a stamp depicting Langston Hughes, who wrote some of the best poems in American history. Poetry provides the perfect way to indulge in the escapism of reading without the commitment ...

Love poems didn’t start as private confessions. For much of their history, they were closer to public performances—tools for politics, status, ...

Poetry in Iran is not just documentation of history but an influential component of Iranian culture. Photo by Pixabay from Pexels. In ancient history, the words of a prophet were highly valued in ...

In this clever, wide-ranging history, British literary critic Carey (The Essential Paradise Lost) provides a tour of Western poetry, from Homer to Maya Angelou. Each brief chapter tackles one or more ...

In 250 years of Black poetry, the act of writing is itself a form of protest. It isn't just representing the history of struggle, "it's also enacting it and resisting it," said poet Kevin Young. By ...

Chinese poetry carved on the wall of the Angel Island Immigration Station in the San Francisco Bay. Text from Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940 These lines ...

The opening poem of this year’s Magic City Poetry Festival paid reverence to Birmingham’s history. The month-long celebration of the literary art commenced Saturday morning with Alabama poet laureate ...

Adrian Matejka, Indiana’s poet laureate from 2018-2019, is still trying to figure out Chicago’s bus system. He laughs about missing his bus heading to the Poetry Foundation on Superior Street because ...