Dianne Lockhart was born in Kandy and grew up in Kurunegala, in idyllic surroundings, in the 1950s. Here she reminiscences about bringing up a leopard cub she named Poppaea. The rescue of this leopard ...

A 16-year-old has helped organise a storytelling, art and poetry event to raise awareness of violence against women and girls ...

An anthology of Poetry, story and art by Women from Romani, Traveller and Nomadic Communities; The Conversation; and ...

In Kate Camp's new poetry collection Makeshift Seasons she's often to be found in togs, just in or out of the sea. Or, as she writes in one poem, "always driving to coasts in special outfits." Camp ...

Sexual violence against women faces outrage around the world. When sexual violence is committed, UN hearings are held and ...

In Kate Camp's new poetry collection Makeshift Seasons she's often to be found in togs, just in or out of the sea. Or, as she writes in one poem, "always driving to coasts in special outfits." Camp ...

When fire engulfed the ancestral home of the de Peralta family in Dingras, Ilocos Norte on Sept. 11, 2021, it destroyed ...

Harper’s upbeat poem celebrates spring, the beauty of nature, and the joy of renewal. In contrast to many of her poems that address the social and political issues of her time, this one conveys a ...

Now living a low-key life in Minneapolis, singer-songwriter Samia wants people to know the real her. Making herself the ideal ...

It’s called “Bluebirds” and it follows three brave, courageous women to the front lines as they nurse wounded Canadian ...

Libraries, schools and cultural organizations around Massachusetts and the country celebrate April as National Poetry Month. In honor of that occasion, please enjoy the official state poem of the ...

First Rain Of April is of hopeAhead of a reddened sweltering SunAnd the parched up leavesof olive and peace..