Abu Toha’s poem “1948” begins with the epigraph, “Nakba, the year when Israel was founded after expelling 800,000 Palestinians and destroying 530 villages.” The poem, shorter than a page long, ...

Not unreasonably, as you read the above you might first ask what I mean by poetry. I don’t propose to offer a definition. I trust that each of us has a reasonably informed idea of what constitutes ...

Need to solve a challenging problem? Read or write some poetry! Compelling research demonstrates that poetry can accelerate ...

Olayiwola’s innovative poetry work is what prompted Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh to select her as Boston’s poet laureate. She took on the role, which lasts for four years, at the top of 2019.