One of America’s foremost Black poets, Hughes writes that dreams are essential to a happy life. That the powerful play goes ...

flawed human being who finds great enjoyment in ‘normal’ activities like drinking with his friend and is saved by his horse, a very down-to-earth and ordinary part of country life To a Mouse ...

Through the changing seasons, Shakespeare examines life from its beginning stages ... (1609) Sonnet 116 is arguably one of the most famous love-themed poems ever written. In this poem, Shakespeare ...

In “The Haunted Palace,” Poe allegorically shows that great people too can be vulnerable. In the 48-line-poem, he tells the ... she seemingly comes back to life and, in a moment of horror ...

Writer Alan Katz didn't think poetry was for him. Then he wrote a book or two and learned that poetry is for everyone.

If was his most famous poem, published in 1910 and written in ... Spending much of her life as a recluse in her Massachussetts home, her collection of almost 1,800 poems was discovered by her ...

A new poem is taking over Municipal Park Playground in Germantown. It is a part of the city’s push for more public art that ...

Hanif Abdurraqib's new book, 'There's Always This Year,' looks at basketball's impact on culture and LeBron James' legacy.

NASA and the U.S. Poet Laureate may not be obvious collaborators, but a Jupiter-bound mission helped them find common ground.

But Jones is also worth remembering for his celebration of poetry, a kind of reading that ... perfectly elocuted — was the famous gift that Jones shared with the world for decades.

I’ve continued to think about James Earl Jones since his death last month at 93, which focused lots of well-deserved attention on his legendary acting career. But Jones is also ...