“For a long time,” writes Kathleen Jamie in her afterword to The Keelie Hawk (Picador £12.99), “I’ve wanted to write a suite ...

One way to think of poems is as the stories of a moment. All art, at its root, is a way of telling stories. Even paintings — ...

The principle of equality is theoretically recognized as one of the fundamental foundations of democracy. Over the years, ...

Lines from a poem found nailed on a cabin door in Southern Nevada. This complete poem was read by a member as expressing her love for Nevada. I love you for your sun so bright, for your azure sky so ...

From memory, Frost recites “The Gift Outright”, a far better poem. His white hair flutters like a flag in the rising wind. His voice rings strong and clear, staking a claim: “The land was ...

Will poetry ever regain its prodigal place on the Inauguration Day dais? As a poet’s poet once put it, “The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind.” William Tecku of Gordon was a Lake ...

As part of Xpress' annual Wellness Issues, we asked six local poets to share their thoughts on the benefits of slowing down and being present in the moment.

We know the cast of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, but not their roles. These are our best guesses at who will play who in ...

In 2022, one of Wang's friends posted his poem Man in a Hurry online. "Wind is born from air in a hurry. A knife is forged from the wind in a hurry … The man in a hurry has no four seasons ...

Discover how a dandelion grows from a delicate fluffy seed into a bright yellow flower, enjoy beautiful poems which lift the ...

Jérôme Sueur’s “Natural History of Silence” and Pico Iyer’s “Aflame” explore the quiet (and the sounds) that sustain us ...

After Kendrick Lamar’s career had seemingly peaked, his Grammy-winning smash scored him the most prized gig in the biz as the ...