Video: 'You're looking at the gift wrap and not the jewel inside': 92-year-old shares moving poem on aging that will bring even the hardest of hearts to tears 92-year-old Wanda B. Goines is ...
And the love story is clearly not a main focus of “Iliad,” as Troilus is dead by the time the poem begins. “For me, though, it’s more about everybody’s individual struggle with the monster of war,” ...
The old crowd knew their place. Don’t say a word. Quick now. The table’s free. Good evening, ladies. Do ignore us. Thank you. Sean O'Brien's most recent collection of poems, Embark ...
"Everyone knows about the disastrous effects of climate change on the planet," writes 17-year-old Shivangi. "However, what many may not realize is how heavy the toll is on children and future ...
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. Isabella Cotier By A.O ...
There is likely no one among the more than two million residents of Gaza who hasn’t been touched by death in the last year of Israel's war with Hamas, leading some to confront their mortality and the ...
“Old age should burn and rave at close of day,” wrote the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. “Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” If Donald Trump has ever read that poem — an unlikely ...
I Am Maria: My Poems and Reflections on Heartbreak, Healing, and Hope' will hit bookshelves on April 1, 2025 Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...