We have become a society of people who cannot prevent our own children from being killed in their classrooms—and who do not much mind the killing of other people’s children by weapons of war. On the ...

Sometimes we all need a cathartic cry. If that’s you today, then give these beautiful and moving poems, selected by women including Judi Dench, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Elena Ferrante, a read.

Carson Daly remembered his late mother on the anniversary of her death with a poignant poem he said "really saved ... "Truth ...

Poetry Day is a British campaign to promote poetry which was first celebrated in 1994. It usually takes place on the first Thursday in October in the United Kingdom. Founded by William Sieghart ...

Where to read this sonnet: Poetry Foundation. This sonnet is Shakespeare’s 16th-century version of swagger, brimming with the same bold confidence you’d expect from a modern-day rapper.

The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents the 20th Annual Dodge Poetry ...

I thought your mother was the cat’s meow. She would flirt with me in the most innocent ways,” Clinton, 78, said in his eulogy.

October 3, 2024, is National Poetry Day in both the US and UK ... and recalls a morning shared between the young author and his mother, peeling potatoes. Heaney's poem topped the poll two years ...

The Dodge Poetry Festival takes place Oct. 17 through Oct. 19 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and other locations in ...

National Poetry Day 2024 is celebrated on Thursday 3 October and is a day to highlight the impact poetry has on people's lives. Each year has a different theme, and this year's theme is 'counting'.

Not only did he refuse to quiz students with “questions I myself can answer,” but if students in his poetry class at Harvard University didn’t pipe up, he was prepared to “keep silent, or even lie ...