In Kaveh Akbar’s haunting poem “ Orchids Are Sprouting from the Floorboards,” the flower becomes a personified presence, ...

Opening the album with a summertime twang, “I Come With Mud” is a Romantic-era poem — complete with lines on love and nature ...

A Miami poet discusses her Zip Ode poem about buying her own stolen bike, and how she views this as a quintessential Miami ...

There’s a lot going on in the poetry community right now. My Santa Barbara Independent colleague, George Yatchisin, will ...

Every night is a chance to strengthen your love. Reading a poem together before bed is a simple way to remind each other how ...

Using explosives to create beauty rather than warfare and violence provides a sliver of hope for our shared human future.” ...

Many of the greatest sci-fi shows ever made are also the most quotable, from Futurama to Star Trek: The Original Series.

As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well. I often hear from peers and students that ...

Mills International Center hosted their annual World Poetry Night at the Redwood Auditorium in the EMU on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. The 38 presenters represented nine different languages, sharing ...