What weeping face is that looking from the window? Why does it stream those sorrowful tears? Is it for some burial place, vast and dry? Is it to wet the soil of graves? This poem is written in free ...

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If you're looking for Sunday reading and you are in the mood for a good jeremiad, try Nicholson Baker's The Anthologist, a novel/polemic that argues for the supremacy not only of rhyming poetry, but ...

Jacqueline Woodson’s Brown Girl Dreaming has won a pair of major literary awards, including a National Book Award. Robin Platzer / Twin Images - AP When children’s author Jacqueline Woodson began ...

Food and poetry often tell stories. Whether it’s a family recipe passed down through generations or a poem that recounts a personal experience, both convey narratives that connect people to their past ...

Google continues to inch forward in its quest to make it even harder for the Poet Laureate to continue to ply their trade. On Monday, the company announced a new AI project called Verse by Verse. You ...

Narrative means story and a narrative poem tells a story. Lots of poems are mainly about thoughts and feelings and not about telling a story, so this is a key difference. Key features of narrative ...