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There is something about the very remoteness of the medieval poem “Pearl,” now out in a new translation, that magnifies its emotional power.
Logic and grammar are important. But for students to truly own the English language, they need to read and write poems.
PLUMTREE-BASED poet Kwanele Khumalo (28) last month released his debut poetry collection, Stolen Village Drum. With a unique ...
Our critic A.O. Scott marvels at the power and paradox of a sonnet by Gwendolyn Brooks. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott Here’s a poem about patience, about self-control, about the need to conserve ...
Kwame Alexander, our poet-in-residence, loves power naps. Write a poem about how a nap helps you restore, and it may be read on Morning Edition.
These are poems about power and the possibility of forgiveness (“Forgiveness, the three-legged chair”) that sound absolutely sure and final, like vessels for a god voice; they filled me with awe.
Our foot's in the door." -This is also a poem about power. -It is. -Unseen power and seen power. ♪♪ -There's this beautiful soft power that gets invoked, the sort of underground-ness of it.
"Poems old and new are about the power of radio listening." Ian McMillan, presenter of Radio 3's The Verb, celebrates a century of poetry on the BBC.
A poetry competition has been launched for young writers across the UK - judged by Hollywood star Will Poulter.
"I AM CODE" is an anthology of poetry written by... artificial intelligence. The work was created thanks to the code-davinci-002 model and - as we read on the New York Post website - the piece is ...
What is poetry and what does it offer us? Carl Phillips has some answers. He's known for the beauty of his language, his depth of exploration and is a recent winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Jeffrey ...