Countless grieving pet owners have found solace in “The Rainbow Bridge”—a short free verse poem about pets awaiting their ...

Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

Where to read this sonnet: Poetry Foundation. 2. Sonnet 116: “Let me not to the marriage of true minds.” (1609) Sonnet 116 is arguably one of the most famous love-themed poems ever written.

In fact, this woman and her talking raven have a theory that the species’ love of mimicry may be what is fueling most legends ...

Introduced by Rosa Alcalá, the Woodberry Poetry Room’s T.S. Eliot Memorial Reading spotlighted Cecilia Vicuña’s creative work.

For many years, I worked for Movieguide®. I loved to write songs. I even wrote scripts and songs for movie musicals. I ...

INFLUENCE: Adam Mickiewicz and Poetry That Acts is an attempt to carry out a fresh analysis of the work of Poland’s greatest poet. We are trying to look at the history of Mickiewicz’s global impact on ...

In a nearly four-hour interview, the legendary singer goes deep on longevity, Kamala Harris, why Fleetwood Mac are finished, ...

Son of an abusive father, Frederick II blossomed when he took the throne. He attracted the great thinkers of Europe to his court while establishing Prussia as a dominant military power.

Poetry is close to my heart. I would be lost without its very specific magic, its ability to spark wonder and shock and to open up fresh vistas on life in God. But as W. H. Auden famously says in his ...

“Alexandra Leaving” is partly based on a poem called “The God Abandons Antony,” which was written by Greek poet Constantine P. Cavafy and first published in 1911.