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This week’s poem, by Sharon Kane, meditates on the outsized crises of the planet, and then on one small moment of love amidst ...

Why does one write? Some say it is a form of self-expression. Some others say it is for the edification of the world.

The South Side native will serve a two-year term as poet laureate and receive $70,000 to commission new works.

Rons Bantwal Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru Mangaluru, Jan 5: The poetry collection Poems of Jayalakshmi S Jokatte by ...

Nanon Williams was sent to death row for a murder he says he didn't commit. Decades later, through daily emails and weekly ...

Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah founded Hyderabad in 1591 by turning crisis into vision. Escaping plague and overcrowding in Golconda ...

The Negaunee Public Library is hosting a monthly poetry and short story night, beginning at 5 p.m. Thursday and continuing each second Thursday thereafter. The public is invited to bring their own ...

Charlotte Ward, Malibu’s poet laureate, spoke with the hopes of healing via the rhythm and rhyme of poetry. Her words ...

Rabindranath Tagore has defined love as an act of freedom rather than control. Through poetry and philosophy, he has shown ...

January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and one survivor is using her voice to bring awareness to this ...

William Shakespeare needs no introduction. It is impossible to imagine English literature without this literary giant.