T.S. Eliot famously observed in his great poem, “The Four Quartets,” that April is the cruelest month. Economists quote this line every year during the first two weeks of that month when referencing ...

Videogames and poetry haven't always gone hand in hand. We're still a long way from Master Chief breaking into a Coleridge soliloquy. But game developers Ichiro Lambe and Ziba Scott have edged us a ...

Source: https://pixabay.com/en/to-write-machine-desk-flowers-1700787/ We are halfway through April, National Poetry Month, so it’s a great time to release any ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. There are innumerable blogs dedicated to posting prose and poetry ...

For the latest "Morning Edition" community poem, Rachel Martin and poet Kwame Alexander ask listeners for poetry submissions. This round, the call-out is for poems in letter, or epistolary, form.

This week’s guest on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Bob Stephens, who lives in Springfield, Missouri. This is Bob’s second column in the series. His first appeared on Jan. 14, 2024. He is a man of many ...

Jane Hirshfield is the author of seven books of poetry, including most recently Come, Thief, and the classic collection of essays, Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry. Who better to ask: Why write ...

A form called the Golden Shovel honors the poet Gwendolyn Brooks, and you just need a newspaper to get started. By Leah Umansky Celebration and honor are two touchstones of the poetic tradition. With ...