Kieran Beville explores how the Bard of Thomond Michael Hogan’s stories and songs endure to this day in Limerick ...

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Words of stern moral advice to a besotted young man are delivered with a brisk and even sunny touch Song Why, Damon, why, why, why so pressing? The Heart you beg’s not worth possessing: Each Look, ...

Both Chinese and Burmese verses are performed during a classical poetry recitation and musical concert for Myanmar Radio and Television in Yangon on Wednesday. MYO KYAW SOE/XINHUA YANGON — Soft ...

As a multi-generational country music icon, Happy's Place star Reba McEntire has no shortage of must-hear hits, and many will agree that her holiday catalog is perfect for cozying up for the festive ...

Imagine receiving a love poem that reads: “Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, browsing among the lilies,” going on to say that they are a “mount” that the author wishes to “betake” ...

Since 1960, the Beatles—four fabulous lads from Liverpool, England—have remained the greatest rock and roll band in the history of music. How John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo ...

Seamus Heaney was a visionary bulwark against small-mindedness. When the Irish poet died suddenly in 2013, at age 74, a benign literary presence was robbed from us. The posthumous publication of his ...

His poetry reckoned with the immensities of reality, time, and grief, confronting a world upended by new truths about the earth and the heavens. Knockout Dept. Téofimo López’s Swing Dancing A young ...

Luke Savage - Author, The Dead Center: Reflections on Liberalism and Democracy After the End of History Song-sharking companies sometimes began by offering free consultations for everyday poets—as in ...