Feeds
A group of researchers are preparing to release an anthology of Taliban poetry, something they hope will help English-speakers better understand the men who've waged more than a decade of war against NATO-led forces in Afghanistan.
A poem about the Japanese coastline devastated by last year's earthquake and tsunami was among the winners in the annual Imperial Palace poetry contest and was read as part of a solemn ceremony Thursday.
President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will celebrate American poetry and prose with a gathering of poets, musicians and artists at the White House next Wednesday night.
The night of poetry began with the verse of Emily Dickinson set to television music, peaked with a shaman-esque chant by Patti Smith and ended with Alec Baldwin making good on his college English studies with a flawless recital of Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee."
Fifty-three students are traveling to Washington to represent their states in the National Finals of Poetry Out Loud competition.
Every day at sundown, the gutted shell of the last Cabrini Green public housing tower takes on a ghostly aura as lights start flickering sporadically from 15 floors of empty rooms.
Charlie Sheen doesn't have a deal yet for a planned memoir, but a book of poems he self-published 20 years ago is a hot item on eBay.
An attempt to lighten up the heavy subject of stem cells through poetry has backfired on the California agency that manages the state's $3 billion research fund.
Billy Collins, one of the country's most popular poets, had never seen his work in e-book form until he recently downloaded his latest collection on his Kindle.
I know Tara because she worked in my office and I know she’s a serious person and a good writer. Her aim has been [to] marry poetry and social activism, and that’s what is all about.
One poet in the house is enough, thank you!
Little known Belgian. Gets EU's highest office. Publishes poems.
It was a startling voice of protest at a startling venue. Covered head-to-toe in black, a Saudi woman lashed out at hard-line Muslim clerics' harsh religious edicts in verse on live TV at a popular Arabic version of "American Idol."
Poetry readings have always been a blast for S.A. Griffin, but the tour that the venerable Los Angeles poet plans this spring may be his most explosive.
Oxford University's first female Professor of Poetry resigned Monday after acknowledging she had helped publicize charges that her rival for the post had sexually harassed a former student.
First lady Michelle Obama says the White House is a place where people should feel free to speak their minds. To that end, she and President Barack Obama welcomed actors, poets and writers to the East Room on Tuesday.
Nobel literature laureate Derek Walcott has withdrawn from the contest for a prestigious position at Oxford University after anonymous letters criticizing him were sent to professors.
Poet Fanny Howe has received a $100,000 prize for lifetime achievement.
Wynton Marsalis didn't bring his trumpet to the podium during Wednesday night's poetry benefit at Lincoln Center. But he did hum a few bars as he half-sang, half-recited Sterling A. Brown's "Riverbank Blues."
Poets & Writers, a nonprofit literary organization, has received a $2 million donation to support its Jackson Poetry Prize, a $50,000 award founded in 2007 for emerging American poets.
Jordanian police arrested a local writer Tuesday for incorporating verses of the Quran, the Muslim holy book, into his love poetry, a judicial official said.
Former U.S. poet laureate Louise Glueck has been awarded the Wallace Stevens Award, a $100,000 prize for "outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry," the Academy of American Poets announced Tuesday.
Thousands of dissidents silenced under Argentina's military dictatorship — tortured, executed and made to "disappear" in the so-called Dirty War against dissent — are gaining new voice through poetry.
When you're done loading your iPod with Better than Ezra and Carlos Santana, why not try a little Ezra Pound or William Carlos Williams?
English poet and journalist James Fenton has been awarded the 2007 Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.
This week was pretty intense, and fun in my poetry class. First I had to memorize, and recite a poem in one of two books my instructor uses in class. This is the poem I chose Tuesday 9:00 AM by, Denver Butson. This right now is my favorite poem, considering it took me seven days …
One could hardly salute The Burma Shave Genre without Tom Waits uncoiling a Memorial Day Weekend dirge for summer time traveling with his own Burma Shave.
Starter grinds. Lights fail. Mechanics grin. Dollars drip. Cell phone wails, "J'accuse."
Cypress, weeping willows, laden, dripping with Spanish moss, wet from noon rainin the languid summer day, as I peeredfrom my hidden place, on the lee shorelistening to the cacophony of frog soundscoming, from behind me as I swishedwater. over, through my sun browned toeswaiting, …
One cell'sDynastic swellBlooms two, then four as artand DNA instruct. ImpartNew heart.
[*Note: This is a poem--first effort--written by a friend. He says it just "occurred". Maybe he's a better musician than a poet. Only feedback will tell. -- GP] The west is raping our mama There is no help from Obama The Africans cry Two degrees & we'll fry Let us all pray fo …
White, black-eyed kitten Snags the curtain. Firm, ears up He, skirling, notches This moment's sheer precision... Then leaps to claim his shadow bird. Legs splayed, grooming seems His best riposte. Earth's rebukeNot to be remarked. Then ears a twitch, he scampers off...Mom …
En Prision Contigo me siento en prision. Sin ti, estoy seguro. Por ti, estoy en silencio. Tu eres un mal recuerdo en mi vida. With you I am in prison. Without you I am safe. For you, I am silent. You are a bad memory in my life. by, Master Link, Mariella, a …
Tell Me, Please have you ever seen an image, on tv, or in a book, or maybe the inter net, an image so disturbing it made you cry? me too, an image so haunting that I halted once at a stop sign and waited for any car to stop, please mister can you tell me, did …
Sometime close to this date, in 1048, 984 years ago, was born the brilliant Omar Khayyám. Why am I not more precise about his birthday? Because that birth date, like that of so many historical figures, such as that of George Washington's for instance, is subject to revisi …
Just Released: Mitt's Top Secret, Highly Confidential List of VP Selection Criteria [HUMOR]As a result of some shockingly lax campaign office security procedures, your intrepid diarist has just obtained a copy of Mitt's Top Secret, Confidential list of criteria for his vice presidential search. If nothing else, this explains why we've seen nothing of consequence so f …
Prelude to the End of the World: So Much, So Few"If it be love indeed, tell me how much." - Cleopatra from Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra
Poems once collected me but I said noleaves of grass are not my wayhaving once seen honor acid etched in innocencefor which six men and one boy diedwhile an old madman, instigator of it all, grinned mirthlesslyas a young girl crouched unheeding bleeding reeling and in shame. Poem …
seeded by Shaheen Sultan Dhanji - International Poetry Festival in Havana - Remembering: Alberti, Miguel, NerudaFor the living memory of Alberti, Miguel and Neruda• May 21 - 27 International Poetry Festival in Havana Madeleine Sautié Rodríguez "We call upon the world’s poetry festivals to join a powerful poetic action on May 22 to pay tribute to these imm …
Two Sassoons, Vidal and Siegfried The old Sephardic surname “Sassoon” was shared by two Englishmen who had little in common other than their good looks, their military valor, their love of sport, their glory in separate spheres, and their longevity. For me, however, they had a meaningful rela …
The chair creaks as we sit and chuckle its not a rocking chair just old. We've been sitting together like this for 20 years now, just talking. and creaking together. the old stories make me feel ... connected in such isolating times, no anchor. Not to worry though I just wanted t …
I've been working on this poem for awhile now and here is the final version, for now :) I left the original version up if you're interested. Rewrite This is it This is it, not then, not later, now! Do not worry the past like a bone, Do not scheme for unseen futures …
Ancient unto time Ancient unto time, scents of spring nights Season's blooms, overjoyed with moonlight Pollen drifting, wafting on breezes, catching air Blossoms exhalations, permeating the air sweetly Some so subtle, others overwhelmingly scented Awash on my face, …
The Wisdom of Clouds: Why Poetry Is Essential to Democracy - Speakeasy - WSJFor lovers of poetry and literary analysis, this post is right up your alley. A thought provoking interpretation of a poem about familiar imagery that can be applied to culture, enlightening the reader, and opening new ways of thought.
I read the main boards daily, but rarely comment. Most of what I see is based on the Left - Right dichotomy. In my opinion the American people need to be more concerned with what's right and wrong with our nation,and less by the letter after the name. A (D) or an (R) that follows …
Father, you stood alone By the pyre and wept Watching the flames that soared Upon the lonely dead The steadfast companion A half mate, the other half of sanity and reason bereft Lost in a world of shadows Neither shallow nor deep Watching the flames that soared Upon …
I am in the process of VERY SLOWLY revisiting writings of my past, ALOT of stuff. I came across a couple of poems that I wrote back in the 80′s I think that I felt were worth sharing. As I’ve mentioned before, some of the stuff from my “teenage angst” era …
Hero's End - by Eric Frankson (12-13-07) He picked her up, and then she said... “I love it when Chiv’ry ain't dead!”... But 'Chivalry' rarely gets you laid; it barely gets the house bills paid. A grand display in a tragic play, …
She is currently my favorite poet. Her last book of poetry, "That's Enough" (translated) went on sale in Poland, via report, and sold out. I read her almost every day. She used what many call a 'simple' language' to communicate 'common' depth. That appeals to me. She hasn't been …
Water’s Edge - Eric Frankson 3/31/12 Sometimes the trail’s end seems so very near… Weary feet slog onward through time itself…
Log In | Register