Instead, the only music is in the poetry’s meter. “Kind of guy I bet you’re sure proud to be / The common man is a common sight / And the common man ain’t always right / but the common man ...

Despite wanting to be a doctor at first, Janae Lu, 17, found her high school English classes much more interesting than ...

At the very least, these are things Mary Ellen Solt wonders about in almost every line of verse she writes—and they are also the subject of those lines, quoted above, which belong to Carl Sandburg, ...

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Epic poems were ideal for expressing stories orally, which is why they are common in the ... the 7th century BC, lyric poetry was rapidly becoming popular across Greece. Lyric poems introduced ...

I learned a new phrase the other day: “digital dementia.” It’s not an actual health condition — not yet, at least — but a ...

Researchers are new to studying the implications of poetry for well-being and the brain. Still, it may surprise you “what a ...

Poetry written especially for children is perfect for those developing brains: because poems for children tend to be short, ...

Maya Angelou is the second poet in history to read a poem during a presidential inauguration; Robert Frost was the first ...

Poems don’t give you news, they give you inspiration. Poems don’t give you knowledge, they heighten your sensitivity. Poems don’t give you information, they increase your empathy.

We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

With spring well underway, the weather warming and the Earth coming back to life, is it any wonder that April is designated National Poetry Month in the United States? The literary celebration was ...