Shepherdstown’s location in the Eastern Panhandle places it at the gateway to the Shenandoah Valley, meaning the surrounding ...

Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition?

JUNE 18, 2021 — Two poems written by retired U.S. Air Force Col. Lisa Carrington Firmin, UTSA’s military liaison, are currently on display in a prominent exhibit at the Military Women’s Memorial at ...

Like many funeral poems that give comfort to the grieving, Dickinson’s piece—and the final stanza, in particular—suggests the dead might live on in the afterlife. An icon of his time ...

Joy Harjo, the first Native American Poet Laureate in the U.S., is releasing two illustrative books this month, centered ...

“I saw every quarterback crying / folded on my lap and counting out the damage done,” Hadreas wails while strumming guitars and whistling flutes conjure both fairy tales and funeral marche ...

Avoid flying out the Friday before Memorial Day because it's expected to draw big crowds. Many or all of the products on this page are from partners who compensate us when you click to or take an ...

Learn about rhythm in poetry and how it can be used as device which has an effect on the reader. How to understand open and closed form in poetry Closed form poetry uses stricts patterns of rhymes ...

The author and poet Michael Rosen introduces and reads some of his best-known poems for children: The space on the page The 'space' is a ‘friend’ to whom Michael Rosen can tell anything.

Tackling unseen poetry is simultaneously one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences of the English language arts classroom. It’s rewarding because students get the chance to read the poem ...

For many, the fact that the success of a song lyric tends to hinge upon on its accompanying music, the voices that sing it, and the performance itself means that it cannot be considered poetry.

Despite having Nikola Jokić and a stellar offense, the Nuggets' porous defense has become a glaring issue as the playoffs approach.