There’s a lot going on in the poetry community right now. My Santa Barbara Independent colleague, George Yatchisin, will ...

Her writing toed the line between fine art and poetry, asking readers to think of language as a multidimensional tool of ...

Explore the powerful poetry of former New America Fellows Sarah Kay and Clint Smith, reflecting on culture and the transformative power of words.

Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” by Adrienne Rich, is a blazing portrait of an artist and her work. Our critic A.O. Scott admires its ...

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.” ...

As World Poetry Day approaches on March 21, Sheila Hutton, a resident at Cherry Trees Care Home in Rotherham, shares her ...

Here is a sampling of where our readers find spiritual comfort, from poetry to gardening to gazing out into the ... You need ...

They felt like words waiting to be organized into a poem or article ... alone is also a recognition of the basic human need for solitude — something wisdom teachers identify as important ...

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore, who have been stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) for nearly ten months, may finally return to Earth on March 16, according to ...

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As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well. I often hear from peers and students that ...

New University of Michigan research reveals a paradox: How the media portrays solitude-though well-intentioned-may exacerbate loneliness by negatively influencing people's beliefs about being alone. A ...