Yueko Sawabe, 39, who works at a medical facility in northeastern Fukushima prefecture, a region hit hard by the March 11 disaster, stood wearing a lavender kimono as her poem was read ...

As you can see, it’s not about the fall of Icarus, exactly. It’s a landscape… as is the poem: Something’s only a disaster if we notice it.

This poem was published in 1982, and reflects upon a period of severe nuclear anxiety. But how can this poet’s interpretation of nuclear disaster help us to understand our current Covid-19 ...

His poem, “The Tay Bridge Disaster,” is sort of a disaster in its own right. You can read the whole thing below. “Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv’ry Tay! Alas! I am very sorry to say ...

Originally published on April 21, 2019. Poetry written in metre is often dismissed as stuffy and sentimental. But in the nimble hands of Alexandra Oliver, formal poetry is a living, breathing ...

Coast Guard crew members pulled dozens of people from the sea.” And yet, given the scope and horror of the disaster, few people seemed to care; the story was barely a blip on many news websites.

TOKYO (AP) — A poem about the Japanese coastline devastated by last year's earthquake and tsunami was among the winners at Thursday's annual Imperial Palace poetry contest. Coincidentally ...