Faiz was a powerful binder of all revolutionary spirits, which is not rage but pain. His metaphors were the common product of ...

In the midst of turbulent times, it can be hard not to fixate on the troubles of the present moment. Here's how hope can ...

Nevertheless, for this poem, and for the first time in his career, Frost got paid—$15, by the editor of a New York weekly called The Independent. “On reading ‘My Butterfly,’ ” Adam Plunkett writes in ...

An appreciation of South African playwright Athol Fugard, whose plays that bore witness to the cruelty of apartheid, ...

Huzzah! Hurray! Yippee! The Weekender is here so only a few more days of Working For A Living (Thank Huey Lewis) before you ...

Whether narrative, dramatic or lyrical, a local author utilizes poetry and art styles as a creative outlet and healing ...

Interview with Ukrainian poet Yuliya Musakovska on Ukraine war's third anniversary: resistance, international support, and ...

You must share the message with everyone — let them know your suffering. Tell them how dear and marvelous our freedom truly ...

And he wrote a whole series of wonderfully short, aphoristic poems. They're very brief ... But look, it's talking about winter as play and pain. It's talking about memory. It's got its own ...

how everything was still & slow & i owed u everything even when i could only find u in certain lines of siken poems the sun's ...

The need for solitude is strong, no matter the times or cultures. You don’t have to leave your everyday world to find solace, but you can take a few moments every day to practice being alone with ...

Although most of her poems are short, they are terse and chewy ... Her beloved could not bear such a pain, she believes. Conversely, neither could she watch him “freeze” without demanding ...