A poem can lift the spirits and nourish the soul. This week, let’s all learn one together! Meet your poem Rhythm and rhyme Made in N.Y.C. Greet the day Keep your poem By A.O. Scott and Aliza ...

“Rhythm is sound in motion. It is related to the pulse, the heartbeat, the way we breathe. It rises and falls. It takes us into ourselves; it takes us out of ourselves.” —Edward Hirsh Rhythm. It is ...

Researchers point to “intonation units,” or IUs, as the hidden scaffolding of human conversation. These are stretches of ...

Making music is strictly a human trait, at least with the complexity of jazz musicians and classical pianists. But of course some animals make their own songs, including frogs, birds and cicadas. Some ...