Amanda Gorman, who famously recited a moving poem at the 2021 presidential inauguration, has just released a new work to mark the ringing in of the new year. On Wednesday, Instagram debuted Gorman ...

On New Year’s Day, or thereabouts, I have the habit of reading “Ring out wild bells,” the Tennyson poem, from In Memoriam. In my book, it’s not only a great New Year’s poem — it’s a ...

Every New Year’s Eve, many of us will come to the realisation ... It derives from a 1788 Scots poem by Robert Burns – but the poet actually never intended the piece to act as a farewell ...

She mentioned Maya Angelou’s poem “Human Family” and added ... “This is such a unique New Year’s Day, because even as we toast our glasses to the future, we still have our heads bowed for what has ...

Emperor Naruhito once again wished for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic in his poem for the annual New Year Poetry Reading at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Also just like last year, all ...

Emperor Naruhito composed a poem about the aspirations of children he has met around Japan for the annual New Year Poetry Reading at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 22. The event’s theme th ...