Why is a love poem full of sex in the Bible? Readers have been struggling with the Song of Songs for 2,000 years Story by Jonathan Kaplan, The University of Texas at Austin • 6d ...

The finals of the Poetry Out Loud high school poetry competition take place in Washington, D.C., this week. NPR asked some of this year's competitors about how to master a poem.

PROVINCETOWN — A nature walk at Beech Forest and a poem by Mary Oliver unveiled on a picnic table started a national project Friday at the Cape Cod National Seashore with U.S. Poet Laureate Ada ...

Poet in Residence with Poetry Ireland Anne Tannam welcomes us to this year's Poetry Day Ireland celebrations... Why do we turn to poetry? Ask a hundred people and you'll get a hundred answers ...

In the poem at hand, Catullus ruefully recalls having served on the staff of a provincial governor, bitterly referring to him—because he didn’t let his subordinates enrich themselves at the ...

The refrain of today’s Poem of the Day, “Timor Mortis Conturbat Me,” derives from the Office of the Dead, part of the ancient Catholic Liturgy of the Hours, with its psalms and canticles, its ...

Morning Edition asked readers to submit poems in the form of letters, addressed to anyone. NPR poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander drew from the more than 600 responses to create a community poem.

Against a tide of weariness, I have two pieces of advice on this Earth Day, embedded in National Poetry Month: start a garden, and read or write a poem, writes Tess Taylor.

Our poetry community had formed strong walls around us, supporting us. Perhaps that’s why the poem that is most meaningful to me is “Moisés,” or “Moses,” by Luis Alberto de Cuenca.

(The Conversation) — The famous biblical book alludes to God only once. Historically, though, most interpreters have argued the poem’s about love between the divine and his people.

PROVINCETOWN — A nature walk at Beech Forest and a poem by Mary Oliver unveiled on a picnic table started a national project Friday at the Cape Cod National Seashore with U.S. Poet Laureate Ada ...