The first Latina US poet laureate's poem entitled “In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa” will be engraved on the spacecraft as a way to connect Earth and Europa, a moon of Jupiter believed to ...

The last time I smiled out loud at a poem was while hearing Ian McMillan on Radio 4 yesterday morning, reminding English football fans to cherish nostalgia and low expectations. Good stuff it was, and ...

In New York City, today has officially been named "Poem In Your Pocket (PIYP) Day." This is the seventh annual PIYP Day in celebration of National Poetry Month in April. New York City urges everyone ...

Jonson’s poetic response to bad reviews of his plays by ‘wolf’ and ‘ass’ praises poetry and urges a return to deeper sources of inspiration An Ode to Himself Where dost thou careless lie, Buried in ...

You don’t have to be Shakespeare for your poem to be read by millions. All you need is a downtown Miami billboard. O, Miami, the nonprofit that organizes poetry programs, launched a new [Your Poem ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. One of my darkest memories of studying English literature at school is being made to write a list of bullet ...

Every April during National Poetry Month, O, Miami and WLRN celebrate South Florida with Zip Odes the city with interactive events to help people encounter a poem. This year marks the 9th year of WLRN ...