Many of this year's books are sad. It's hard not to read the current political turmoil, the icy sense of dividedness, into these poems, though many of them deal as much with private as with public ...

When Olivia Vella’s seventh grade teacher asked every student to write a monologue on a topic about which they were passionate, Vella immediately knew what she wanted to say. She wanted to tell girls ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Claude McKay, one of the most influential figures in the Harlem Renaissance, left behind a rich collection ...

Little Mix's Jade Thirlwall has taken to Instagram to share a personal poem she wrote about self-loathing and societal expectations. We stan a candid and multitalented queen. The 27-year-old posted an ...

A poem draws me because it speaks to me, to how I am right now. Probably you’re the same way. This poem by Richard Jones came to me this morning and said, “Yes, this is so right you could have written ...

Halsey is ready to share her more of her story with the world using poetry. The 26-year-old star can now add author to her resume because she just released the poetry book, I Would Leave Me If I Could ...

A Pittsburgh native is opening her poetry salon to the entire world to help capture the perfect words to describe any occasion.Sue Robinson told Channel 4 Action News' Mike Clark that she was ...

Chico >> Long before Hallmark, Blue Mountain and American Greetings, folks wrote their own personal verse in cards and letters to express their love on Valentine’s Day. While that tradition dating to ...

“We know of only five scrolls of this heroic size by the artist Wen Zhengming [1470-1559] and this is the only known example with a personal poem,” says curator Stephen D. Allee. Freer and Sackler ...

One day an ambulance carried off my half-paralyzed log of a body. Thinking I was dying, I slurred out two messages to my companion, Mariah: one for her, one for my kids. A mere five days later, I ...

Meghan Markle was very hands-on as guest editor of British Vogue‘s September issue, from handpicking the cover stars to tapping husband Prince Harry to conduct an interview with Dr. Jane Goodall. She ...