For National Poetry Month, we talk with Richard Blanco, whose “One Today” poem was read at Barack Obama’s second inauguration ...

I’ve been part of different slam scenes for the past 20 years. I’ve seen a lot of bad slam poetry. I’ve performed a lot of ...

The Madras High Court on Monday extended interim protection from arrest to noted stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra until April 17 ...

NISHTER is a Persian word and it means a lancet, a surgical knife or blade. The 72 nishters or lancets, or 72 heart-pricking ...

Hollywood's homegrown star, known for leading man roles throughout his career, published a hard-to-find collection that now ...

Now in its 7th year, the October Project Poetry Contest, the international poetry contest co-founded by award-winning ...

Recite these cozy Christmas poems to share the holiday spirit and make even your Grinchiest loved ones say, "Ho, ho, ho!" Christmas poems to put you in a festive mood Snow-tipped chimneys, fresh pine, ...

What will be lost when medical students are no longer made to uncomfortably face death to learn from what a real human body ...

Imbuing his work with a volatile mix of tenderness, aggression, sophistication, and obscenity, the Roman poet left a record ...

Bob Dylan may have become a source of ambivalence for Joni Mitchell over the years, but he initially sparked her hunger to elevate her craft to the next level.

We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: maybe because it came as an unexpected gift from a friend or loved one, or in ...