Explore a curated list of famous poems that everyone should read, featuring timeless classics and modern masterpieces that ...

Navigate your way into this beautiful art form with this list of the most famous poems ever written ... Feeling down about the state of the word? Give “Happy Thought” a read.

Spoken word poetry is very popular and there are a number ... Plosive words can be used to create a forceful tone or for emphasis. Softer sounds like ‘s’ or a soft ‘c’ (like in certain ...

From ancient Greek soapbox soliloquies to viral TikTok videos of poetry slams, spoken word has always charged language with kinetic immediacy. Encompassing a unique blend of honesty and an ...

He was walking on stilts (January 23). Why does he, and our gaggle of academics - including Patrick Hogg and his acolytes - persist in dissecting poems word by word? In their hands, not a scalpel ...

Contemporary American poetry can often seem intimidating and daunting in its variety and complexity. This engaging and accessible book provides the first comprehensive introduction to the rich body of ...

Her magnum opus, The Art of Shakespeare’s Sonnets, is a feat of “close reading,” examining the 154 poems word by word to wring every drop of meaning from them. In analyzing “Sonnet 23 ...

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Author and Spoken Word Artist J.R. Rice joined host Jessica Wills to chat about how he is using spoken word poetry to provide ...

An indispensable part of the ceremony, of course, was the Civil War veteran, and at the time I’m telling about we still had one—a Confederate, naturally. He may have been patiently waiting ...

Rhyme N Chatt and WanderLinger have gone beyond generating interest in the niche hobby that is spoken-word poetry, fostering a tight-knit community that gathers weekly to share their work aloud.