Sometimes, when you read a poem, it feels as if it were crafted just for you, as though the poet could see directly into your ...

The U.K.'s poet laureate, Simon Armitage, has released a new poem inspired by Pink Floyd’s iconic album Wish You Were ...

The poet laureate Simon Armitage has written a new poem celebrating the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here ...

Pink Floyd have revealed a video of a brand new poem commemorating the band by the UK's Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage. The ...

Poet and performance artist John Giorno launched Dial-a-Poem in the 1960s to deliver random poems over the phone. Now, a group continues his work on a new medium -- the internet.

How many poems do you know by heart? Not nursery rhymes or limericks, but poems of subtle structure and nuance, written in iambic pentameter, dactylic hexameter, AABB, or blank verse. If you are like ...

Who said that? You look around, dazed and dumbfounded, then drop gently to the ground.

When you look at me what is it that you see? Is it the thoughts of my past, the future you would prefer to have, or could it possibly be the present I am honoring. My skin, my face, and my demeanor is ...

Decades ago, my friend Caetlin received a peculiar assignment from the poet Robert L. Hass, who was then her undergraduate literature professor. He instructed each student to memorize three poems of ...

Kathleen Rooney taped a small sign to the long table at the center of the Grainger Ballroom, at the top of the opulent swoop of stairs on the second floor of Symphony Center. She took her seat beneath ...

Over 126 million Americans are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. After a long year, it feels like we can all take a breath. Throughout the pandemic, we've learned a lot. No one is coming out of ...

Sometimes, when you read a poem, it feels as if it were crafted just for you, as though the poet could see directly into your ...