Shakespeare does some heavy lifting throughout this 14-line poem, comparing a woman to a summer’s day and concluding that she’s far lovelier. That sentiment makes this one of the best short ...

For Stephanie, this debut is more than a milestone; it symbolizes her journey of self-discovery toward following her calling ...

October: Monster by Dzifa Benson “One language is never enough”, Dzifa Benson writes in the first section of Monster, her ...

Since 2010, the Improbable Places Poetry Tour, started and hosted by Colleen Michaels of Montserrat College of Art, has been ...

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What better way to celebrate than by revisiting Irish poet Seamus Heaney's "When All The Others Were Away at Mass," which was named Ireland’s best-loved poem of the past 100 years in RTÉ’s A ...

A poetry reading with internationally known poet John Yamrus of Sinking Spring will be held at Firefly Bookstore in Kutztown ...