Closer scrutiny reveals, however, that the ‘system’ gradually evolved, and that early poetry often features a flexible and expressive use of metaphors. Scholars generally assume that kennings are of ...

AI models can produce poems that rate well on certain ‘metrics’. But the event of reading poetry is not one in which we ...

It has featured sculptures, paintings, fiber and photographs and, as of late October, spoken word poetry has found a home at ...

Today’s column is written by David L. Harrison, host of Poetry from Daily Life. He lives with his wife Sandy, a retired school counselor and businesswoman, in Springfield, Missouri. This is the ...

Jacob’s early scholarship focused on the Nibelungenlied; Schmiesing argues that his fascination with the epic poem stemmed ...

A new translation of "The Iliad" pairs well with Ukranian war poetry and a documentary on its suffering people.

Readers give higher ratings to AI-generated poetry than the works of poets such as William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson – perhaps because they often have more straightforward themes a ...

The City of Rochester and Destination Medical Center held an appreciation event on Thursday, Nov. 14 for Poems in the Park, a ...

Two artists who befriended during a writers retreat in Okoboji created a film about sharing poetry as a Black artist.

Our critic A.O. Scott walks you through a poem that speaks to his mood right now. It’s called “Party Politics,” but it’s not about those parties, or those politics.

Richard Kroehling’s documentary presents a mixture of poets’ responses to the Holocaust and argues for the importance of the ...

I Am Maria: My Poems and Reflections on Heartbreak, Healing, and Hope' will hit bookshelves on April 1, 2025 Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...