So begins Chapati by Nithya Mariam John in her latest book, Kitchen Poems. It’s not just about the beloved, humble chapati.

When words are all we have, poetry becomes a lifeline that brings us closer to understanding ourselves and each other. Here ...

Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a home poem.

The first book in Arabic about the life and poetry of the great Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib, titled Ghalib: A’zam Shu’ara’il-Hind ...

Poets have long been drawn to ballet, and not surprisingly, they write about their favorite dancers and ballet companies.

This week there’s a children’s picture book, there a 10-step manual for improving mental wellbeing, there’s a new anthology ...

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

As Valentine's Day approaches, t here are many affordable ways to celebrate this day. Celebrated on February 14, you can ...

In the 12th century, even as Kannada poetry was shifting away from champu style towards new and exciting metres, a new group of poets, drawn from a different spiritual tradition, began to take centres ...

February, and the events of this year so far have not inspired much optimism. Diversity, equity and inclusion programs are being slashed, hundreds of people have lost their homes to fires and members ...

It contains some of the most hauntingly beautiful poetry Shakespeare ever wrote ... s portrait of a norm-demolishing leader ...