Gerd Stern, who has died at 96, formed a lifelong bond with Allen Ginsberg and Carl Solomon. Ten years ago, he wrote about ...

Or triumphant. The poem’s most poignant feature may be the soldier’s optimism, his faith in what comes after hell. He insists ...

But Francis was also echoing St. Peter’s own recognition of his sinfulness, as he responded to Jesus when he first called him ...

Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd is an award-winning author of 13 books, nine of which are poetry. Her work has appeared in anthologies, academic journals, cultural periodicals and newspapers in the United States ...

Write an ode to misfits. A poem of praise for those who don’t belong here or there. A lyric ballad for the children of ...

The little babies in the Neonatal Unit at the Ulster Hospital are often donned in the exquisite handiwork of Roberta ...

Poems can promote understanding by taking us behind enemy lines. Threatening to boycott anyone's art or literature will only ...

ESTELLA LAUTER How to map the route of one who traveled continents, lived through men and war to find her way at last in ...

Coming up at 9 a.m. on Thursday, MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the newly appointed Poet Laureate for the city of ...

Dr. Fabu Phillis Carter is Madison's first African American poet laureate joining News 3 Now to share poetry and literary art ...

A poem found in an old desk at the Barnstable transfer station turned up a story that crosses time and distance. Was it fated?

A race is on to save the house where William Blake lived and wrote some of his famous works, including Jerusalem, and it has ...