But the beauty of Angelou’s voice doesn’t end with the famous lines ... A conceit in poetry refers to an extended metaphor, often unexpected or unconventional. But it also speaks to human ...

Imbuing his work with a volatile mix of tenderness, aggression, sophistication, and obscenity, the Roman poet left a record ...

Je suis né croyant.” I’ve been snagging on that phrase for decades. It means, “I was born believing.” The mystic modernist ...

Researchers are new to studying the implications of poetry for well-being and the brain. Still, it may surprise you “what a ...

He’s a perceptive reader, and he has a knack for writing about poems in ways that lend shape and even excitement to the act of reading and thinking about them. He’s also comfortable ignoring some of ...

Best Dance Songs of All Time: 100 classic dance music songs, from house to techno to electronic to dubstep to disco to ...

In honor of National Poetry Month, Hudson River Museum offers a view into the rich tradition of ekphrasis with an exhibition ...

From delightful Christmas poems for kids that inspire little ones to become Santa’s little helpers to famous poems that bring warmth and joy to cold winter days, these poems capture the magic of ...

Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition?