National Catholic Reporter1d
This Veterans Day, war poetry reminds us of the cost of conflict
A new translation of "The Iliad" pairs well with Ukranian war poetry and a documentary on its suffering people.
A Poem About Waiting, and Wishing You Had a Drink
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 ...
America Magazine1d
Why you should read Richard Wilbur’s ‘Love Calls Us to the Things of This World’
A hymn to mercy and love, “Love Calls Us to the Things of This World” springs to my lips when my heart is quiet. I teach it ...
El País in English1d
Joy Harjo, poet: ‘The land does not belong to us; we’re just its stewards’
In her interview with EL PAÍS, the writer — the first Native American to be honored as United States Poet Laureate — reflects ...
Highlighting the nuances of the Urdu poet’s verse, Hoskote renders them relevant to a new generation
Discover Ranjit Hoskote's curated selection of 150 couplets from Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir in 'The Homeland's an Ocean.' ...
ThePrint1d
Pakistan’s Jaun Elia was more than a tragic poet. He was an atheist, Marxist & philosopher
Today, he is one of the most Googled poets ... I call existential otherness have significantly shaped my approach to writing ...
The Walrus3d
Forget Polite Verse—This Poet Wants You to Feel the Salt and Soil of Newfoundland
L ate in his career, the English poet W. H. Auden distilled the whole business of poetry into three pungent lines: “A poet’s hope: to be, / like some valley cheese, / local, b ...
Daily Sabah5d
Refaat Alareer: Gaza's martyr poet, whose words defy death
Dr. Refaat Alareer, a martyr poet from Gaza, transformed his death into a defiant call for justice, demanding the world ...
‘Hear the bread talk, but the kopi tiam’: More than 100 S’pore poems take over MRT trains, stations
For a whole year from Nov 1, commuters will find in these public ... down the entries from a longlist of more than 1,000 ...
In Sara Daniele Rivera’s ‘Blue Mimes,’ poetry that moves, in both English and Spanish
Many of the book’s poems remember Rivera’s father, whom she describes as “the most brilliant person I’ve known.” Born in Cuba, he moved to the United States as a child with his mother and stepfather, ...
The Harvard Crimson3d
Singing Poetry with Illustrations: Cecilia Vicuña’s Poetry Performance with Translator Rosa Alcalá at T.S. Eliot Memorial Reading
Introduced by Rosa Alcalá, the Woodberry Poetry Room’s T.S. Eliot Memorial Reading spotlighted Cecilia Vicuña’s creative work.
Fiction and Poetry Festival at Francis Marion University brings together award-winning writers, community
Have you ever wanted to meet award-winning writers and ask them how they write their works or why they chose to end a story ...