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

Who’s got time for poems when the world’s on fire?” asks Aja Monet in the heart-achingly beautiful and gut-wrenchingly honest ...

New opera from the acclaimed Peabody composer, 'and we, each,' draws from the verse of poet Shane McCrae and his haunting ...

Poems about life for nearly every situation P oetry doesn’t just reflect life—it makes life an object of art. Whatever state or mood you’re in, poems about life are there to guide you, to ease you and ...

“Crow” from Emplumada by Lorna Dee Cervantes, © 1981. All rights are controlled by the University of Pittsburgh Press, ...

The book ‘Nature’ is the natural manifesto of the phrasal monarch, Arbind Kumar Choudhary, who has endeavoured to shed light ...

When I heard ‘Pittsburgh’ I have always thought of smoke, dirt, chimneys, steel … but of late it has become glorified, ...

What does it mean to understand Earth as a voice? Camille Dungy, decorated American poet, attempts to answer this question ...

Juby Peacock, former Miss Botswana 2004, now 40-years-old, has taken her creative journey to new heights with the release of ...

With leaves turning golden, nights drawing in and fires being lit, autumn is the perfect time to settle down in a comfy chair with some poetry for company. Here is a selection of our favourite poems ...

Have you ever thought about what human rights mean to you? We are organising the "Poems for Human Rights" competition to promote a deeper understanding of the different ways in which human rights can ...