Never heard of World Poetry Day? It’s pretty official, having been adopted by no less than UNESCO in 1999. One of the objectives is “to support linguistic diversity through poetic expression ...

I sometimes think poetry might just be the answer to all that ails us. I suppose that’s because poetry reminds us to really slow down and listen, and not just to the poem at hand but to the ...

Poetry was so much her passion that she had the two poetry anthologies she edited and introduced sent to every secondary school in the country. For 25 years, she organised public readings of ...

Celebrating the birthday of William Stafford, Oregon's most famous poet and one of America's most important 20th-century poets, the Friends of William Stafford organize a series of commemorative ...

For troubled teens, making and sharing poetry may be unexpected source of happiness Mar 17, 2014 9:10 PM EDT ...

The light of His countenance. I sometimes sign my books with the advice to “stagger onward rejoicing”. This where it comes from. Auden’s poem is about the search for paradise, a paradise ...

Books & the Arts February 4, 2009 Happy Thoughts!: The Poetry of Kevin Davies Poet Kevin Davies asks: are you better off than you were 13,000 years ago?

Perhaps such happy poetry shouldn’t be so unusual, but Gay’s odes to such everyday pleasures as sleeping in his clothes or drinking water from his hands bring a rare satisfaction.

Perhaps such happy poetry shouldn’t be so unusual, but Gay’s odes to such everyday pleasures as sleeping in his clothes or drinking water from his hands bring a rare satisfaction.