Physics and poetry both distil complexity into clarity. Learn how poetic structure can shape and express scientific ideas.

As people across the globe celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21, we delve into the world of poetry in ancient Greece, from ...

Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” by Adrienne Rich, is a blazing portrait of an artist and her work. Our critic A.O. Scott admires its ...

Barbara Steveni (1928-2020) was a pioneering artist who broke boundaries with new concepts such as “the artist as a living ...

Ever write something, then lose it and wish you could remember? When I went to Mohave Community College years ago, I wrote a ...

I’ve come to realize that when we lose the ability to communicate fully in words, the other ways we connect—through actions, ...

In the Ancient Greek epic poem "The Odyssey," Odysseus' men strap him to the mast of the ship so he could hear the sirens' ...

“Kanye West is not Picasso / I am Picasso / Kanye West is not Edison / I am Edison / I am Tesla / Jay-Z is not the Dylan of anything / I am the Dylan of anything / I am the Kanye West of Kanye West,” ...

If Ulster-Scots poet Anne McMaster doesn’t write for a while, she freely admits to becoming a “wile carnaptious person” to be ...

These days, Alissa Quart’s attention has broken into strange shapes. But she has found a reprieve in one thing: poetry.

DEAR ABBY: While doing some house cleaning, I came across a column of yours that I had clipped and tucked away. On one of the ...

In fact, I wrote a stupid poem about it in first grade and it found its way to the internet in 1998 or soon after. Mary Oliver I am not. To help me get through my Zooms prepping for the next day ...