By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

The poetry of Amy Le Ann Richardson is full of childhood memories that others can relate to. Perhaps that's why her poem "Leave Only Footprints," was named a winner in Kentucky Monthly's annual Penned ...

Modern accounts of Sylvia Plath’s renowned work and legacy seek to highlight the author’s resilience through a decade-long ...

Throughout history, poets have captured the essence of love, desire, longing, and devotion in their verses. Romantic poetry ...

In the Italian city where James Joyce wrote 'Ulysses,' the bookstore that Jewish poet Umberto Saba opened in 1919 has come ...

Sassoon and Owen capture in verse the sheer frightfulness of trench warfare; they are the supreme English war poets of their ...

Jacobs, the founder of Yetzirah: A Hearth for Jewish Poetry, has written two previously acclaimed collections: Pelvis with ...

From silky dribblers to un-markable aerial threats, who will be ranked the greatest-ever forward in women's soccer history?

The words of these Black poets cut to the core of the human experience and the realities of being Black in America ...

The poet Maya Angelou remains beloved more than a decade after her death. Yet few lift up the power of her voice in the ...

Scotland's national bard was renowned for his numerous love affairs, fathering at least 12 children with four women. However, many of his most famous poems were inspired by these relationships and ...