In alliterative thirteen-line rhyming stanzas the poem recounts the biblical story of the innocent Susannah, the young wife of the wealthy and upright Joachim, ‘a very beautiful young woman and one ...

In other countries, July 4 is just an ordinary day, with little to distinguish it from July 3 or July 5. July 4 has special significance ... For me, the final stanza of that poem is an elegant summary ...

They are so loud! With my sliding door to the patio open on warm nights, the collective cacophony of what? crickets? fills my ...

Millennia after the death of Sappho, only 7 percent of her poetry is available to contemporary readers. Researchers are ...

He had become therefore what he calls himself in the poem's opening stanza, ‘a sixty-year-old smiling public man’. Yeats took his duties as a senator seriously; and they included sitting on a ...

Swift performed the song that mentions the Fleetwood Mac star while Nicks watched. "You're on Your Own, Kid," a song that's ...

This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Kate Coombs, who lives in Bountiful, Utah. Kate began writing when she was ...

What's a short, sweet way to express your love? With love haikus! Love haiku poems offer a concise and beautiful way to share ...

As the split title infers, this poem is a combination of Lochhead’s own memories of Hogmanay in the 1950s and a love poem written for her husband. Despite its distinctly autobiographical nature ...

CNBC Select will update as changes are made public. Despite the halt in interest rate hikes, high-yield savings accounts still offer around a 5% annual percentage yield (APY) — a significant ...

Ranjit Hoskote, a prominent Indian poet and art critic, voices something similar in his poem “Harbour Thoughts”. Here is the ...