Bernard-Henri Livy's biography of Jean-Paul Sartre combines an irritating ... ‘Kubla Khan’ before a knock on the door disturbed him. He blamed his unfinished poem on ‘a person on business from Porlock ...

We find in Rizal’s library Aesop, Caesar, Cicero, Horace, Livy, Lucretius, Ovid ... Pagan classical Latin poetry in particular was suffused with descriptions of, or references to, amorous relations ...

Poet and author Charles Ghigna shares the story of a poem he wrote after waking up to his infant son's babbling over a nursery monitor.

Even if you never pick up a pen, observing your surroundings like a poet is a good habit to develop, author Lola Haskins ...

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for ...

He didn’t read book reviews—or so he claimed—and he didn’t write them, preferring instead to let his poems find their natural audience, which turned out to be a wide one. He mocked ...

Instead of defaulting to the notifications on my phone, poetry has inspired me to begin the day in a different way. By Charley Locke Most mornings, as soon as I wake up, I feel the pull of my phone.

An archive has revealed a handwritten copy of a 200-year-old poem originally written to prove rhyming is easy after an argument at a breakfast table. Marking World Poetry Day, Longleat in Wiltshire ...

As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well. I often hear from peers and students that ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Sometime in the middle of this week, the Red Sox will make significant roster cuts as part of their final week spent in Florida. There will be final cuts next weekend, before ...

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I have slept in many places, for years on mattresses that entered,” by Diane Seuss, and his own poem “This Is a Test of the Federal Emergency ...