When I picked up Baitullah Quaderee’s Bangladesher Shater Dashaker Kabita, it wasn’t particularly out of scholarly curiosity. The book is, by design, a doctoral thesis—its structure conventional, its ...

Ruth Stone’s legacy is carried on by her granddaughter and current Vermont poet laureate Bianca Stone. She says her poetry is very much shaped by her grandmother’s. “I look to her poems all the time,” ...

A panel of Latin America's boldest and brightest stars, from Juanes to Mon Laferte, weigh in on a rapidly globalizing genre ...

Writing in verse can seem intimidating. There are no rules in free-verse and yet it can feel as though the rules are endless. Poetry is a scary word for so many.

Poetry therapy is the clinical practice of using poetic tools to support emotional regulation, trauma recovery, and identity development. When thoughtfully integrated into therapy, especially with ...

The Poetry Camera’s computer vision smarts are able to identify objects, people, and surroundings before composing its work of art, which can be a haiku, sonnet, limerick, or free verse — you ...

One day, Chammo teased Khusrau, “You have written more than seven thousand songs but never a single verse about poor Chammo! Am I not worthy of your poetry?” She told him he ought to write a ...

On Sunday, the festival will present eight poets: Jack Crimmins, Lisa Shulman, Dave Holt, Melissa Eleftherion, readings from ...

A poem by a 'titanic figure' of the Scottish Enlightenment discovered in a box of junk in Clackmannanshire is to go up for auction. A handwritten original manuscript by Allan Ramsay was left ...

Featured work ranges from the lyric poetry of Ancient Greek poet Sappho to free verse by modern American poet Maya Angelou. Some poems selected by Poetry in Motion specifically evoke scenes from the ...

Pakistan, June 21 -- This is the 12th article in a special series by Ally Adnan that brings to life memorable incidents from the rich and fascinating life of Hazrat Amir Khusrau, whose timeless ...