The writer discovered the healing nature of writing poetry when coping with her mother’s cancer diagnosis. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

There’s kind of a thing going on right now.” The Poetry In Voice finals take place at the Centre in Vancouver on May 15. Click here to report a typo.

Poetry aesthetics may be a new frontier for neuroimaging research, but already it’s clear that there is a wealth of pleasure to be gained from engaging with poems. Five ways to celebrate National ...

Johnny Tillotson, the singer behind Sixties hits “Poetry in Motion” and “It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin’,” has died at the age of 86. Tillotson’s wife, Nancy, confirmed the news in a ...

Poetry should be celebrated every day of the year, but this World Poetry Day, we'd like to take a moment to introduce you to the world of contemporary poetry - and it's fizzing with new voices ...

For World Poetry Day, we take a deep dive into the trends that brought a renewed popularity to this genre. When French writer Marion Fritsch began posting short texts on Instagram in 2023, she did ...

While cold, hard numbers and poetry might seem antithetical at first blush, from Muschenetz’s perspective, the two couldn’t be a better fit. A former business consultant at Bain & Company who ...

After the fall of Kabul in 2021, poetry has helped women communicate the devastation – from the initial chaos, violence and anxiety about the takeover to the deep isolation, fear, deprivation, and ...

How memorizing poetry can expand your life I was always a reluctant reader of poetry, but memorizing a poem every week gave me a new understanding of myself.

Poetry is rising in popularity in the UK as social media drives an unexpected renaissance in the often overlooked genre. Last year, sales of poetry books reached £14.4 million – their highest ...

The eyes of Mahmoud Darwish look on in a mural seen on a wall in downtown Amman, Jordan, on Jan. 5. The late Palestinian author, who died in 2008, was regarded as Palestine's national poet ...