O n that day when the soul dresses in white and the heart beats stronger, every word spoken takes on an eternal meaning.

WHYY’s Jennifer Lynn and Susan Phillips explore the beauty of nature through poetry, featuring iconic poets like Amanda Gorman, Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg.

Poetry is a space to experiment with language — communications through this medium enables deeper emotional expression. This ...

Peggy Shumaker, a stalwart supporter of Alaska writers and the larger arts community, is a professor emerita from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a former Alaska writer laureate. Author of nine ...

A rare manuscript version of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116, discovered by Dr. Leah Veronese, reveals how the poem was politically ...

Researchers are new to studying the implications of poetry for well-being and the brain. Still, it may surprise you “what a ...

No other season evokes such joy, love and wistful nostalgia, and we’ve selected 15 Christmas poems that perfectly capture all those sentiments with a pretty ribbon on top. As a longtime poetry ...

Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition?

Seventeen young poets were honored Monday for being selected as winners in the Johnson City Monday Club’s annual Youth Poetry Competition.

But her poetry, she says, is her private voice – and this time, Maria Shiver's cause is herself. "Life hasn't turned out exactly the way I thought," she said. "But I sit here today in love with ...

and heartwarming traditions—watch as our furry family of three dogs and a cat celebrates the magic of Christmas! From decorating to unwrapping gifts, this holiday season is full of love and joy.