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 ...
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 ...
When I began to listen to poetry, it’s when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what the clouds had to say, and I began to listen to others. And I think, most importantly for all ...
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 ...
Two artists who befriended during a writers retreat in Okoboji created a film about sharing poetry as a Black artist.
The City of Rochester and Destination Medical Center held an appreciation event on Thursday, Nov. 14 for Poems in the Park, a ...
The mother of 17-year-old Karlianne Short wrote a poem in memory of her daughter that was read Friday at the sentencing of ...
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 ...