Shel Silverstein was a master of linguistic mischief, using repetition and creative wordplay to amuse and prepare kids for ...

In crafting a piece for the Europa Clipper launch, the U.S. Poet Laureate focused her affections toward Earth itself.

Shantell Mwikali and her family could not hide their smiles after Oga Obinna visited them at home in Dandora, Nairobi ...

Barker, 32, said that as recovery continues for her and her neighbors -- which she described as a marathon now and not a ...

For Stephanie, this debut is more than a milestone; it symbolizes her journey of self-discovery toward following her calling ...

Despite the evolution of mediums, the fundamental essence of poetry - capturing and conveying human experience - remains ...

In the summer of 1876, rebel French poet Arthur Rimbaud arrived on the Indonesian island of Java, enlisting in the colonial ...

NPR's Scott Simon asks Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha about his new collection, "Forest of Noise," and about the conflict in Gaza.

Ephriam David Tyler, the namesake of Ephriam in the Old Testament, became a deacon at Evergreen Baptist Church and a member of Israel Lodge No. 138. And by the time he died in 1969, he had secured a ...

Elizabeth Kurian’s ‘English Ghazal Train’ captures life’s many tracks ...

Norfolk’s Tim Seibles receives a lifetime achievement award from the Furious Flower Poetry Center, joining other top ...