Should Statue of Liberty poem guide US immigration policy? What Americans said in poll
The poem reads, in part, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.” ...
Poetry from Daily Life: However you feel about poems, learning to observe is a good habit
Even if you never pick up a pen, observing your surroundings like a poet is a good habit to develop, author Lola Haskins ...
I researched poetry written during COVID – five years on, here’s how people say it helped them
The American scholar of 20th-century literature and culture Elizabeth Outka has argued that works such as The Second Coming ...
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Congolese women use slam poetry to speak out amid conflict
As fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo rages on, a growing number of women in the country are turning to slam poetry ...
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16,000 poems and counting: Zip Odes judge sees South Florida through everybody else's eyes
Author and poet Sarah Trudgeon lives in Great Barrington, Mass., but she stays connected to South Florida through poetry: for ...
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The Meaning Behind “Come In From the Cold” by Joni Mitchell
"They paved paradise, put up a parking lot." That iconic line from Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” remains timeless because ...
Lucy Dacus on L.A., a layered love life and the ‘horny poetry’ of her new album
The 29-year-old singer and songwriter is set to release 'Forever Is a Feeling,' her first solo LP since breaking out as a ...
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Arsenal fan chorus was sharper than any Sky Sports scripted poetry
So, when the travelling Arsenal fans burst into a chorus of ‘we want the Glazers in’, the essence of football culture was ...
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Poet laureate Simon Armitage on his years as a probation officer – and the redemptive power of poetry
Poet laureate and former probation officer Simon Armitage has published an ode to probation work – ‘A Life in the Day Of.’ ...
Poetry is a gateway to your emotions: Amandeep Singh, storyteller and poet
There is magic in words, especially when performed live and Amandeep Singh, a former software engineer turned spoken word ...
People come to Natalie Eilbert with traumas and troubles. She makes sure they are heard.
Natalie Eilbert often encounters people at the worst moments in their lives. They tell her later that her stories, and her empathy, made a significant difference.
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Poet Shivani Gupta Rhymes Anger and Hope in Verse
Loyola's Social Justice Week invited poet Shivani Gupta to instruct using the power of the pen to combat injustice.