Some songwriters started writing poetry before segueing into song. Others will even say that most of their songs started as a ...
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I have slept in many places, for years on mattresses that entered,” by Diane Seuss, and his own poem “This Is a Test of the Federal Emergency ...
Instead of defaulting to the notifications on my phone, poetry has inspired me to begin the day in a different way. By Charley Locke Most mornings, as soon as I wake up, I feel the pull of my phone.
The simplicity of his life informed his work. Ascending to fame at a time when Anglo-American poetry was growing increasingly difficult and obscure, Frost set himself apart. A lyric poet inspired ...
Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd, a distinguished professor, has been named Michigan's third poet laureate. Boyd is an award-winning author with 13 published books and a passion for promoting poetry.
Gwen Watkins, who has died aged 101, brought her talents to bear on the efforts to crack Luftwaffe codes at Bletchley Park, about which she published a memoir in 2006; but for much of her life she ...