In These Poems Life Is a Party, Complete With Designer Drugs
Although his approach departs somewhat from Rilke’s — the speaker in these poems may not always love the questions quite as ...
The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far)
We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...
Inside Val Kilmer’s Little-Known Life as a Poet
Hollywood's homegrown star, known for leading man roles throughout his career, published a hard-to-find collection that now ...
Greek Reporter4d
The Troubled German Poet Who Truly Worshipped Greece
Friedrich Hölderlin was an important German Romantic lyric poet whose great work managed to bridge the Classical and Romantic ...
Reading Eagle6d
Everyday ethics: The power of poetry
“Poetry is the art of compression, of saying in a few well-chosen words, enhanced with rhythm and musicality of language what ...
Dayton Daily News7d
Who is ‘matthews’? Local poet says even his name should be insignificant compared to message of poetry
matthews — who prefers to write his name in lowercase because he believes his name is insignificant compared to the message he has to give — doesn’t just read his poems; he treats them like theatrical ...