From Elon Musk to Jordan Peterson, a certain strand of conservatism has recruited the poetry of Homer and Dante in their ...

This is a poem I wrote the day after someone very close to me passed away. I hope you appreciate the people in your life and ...

Jeni Stepanek’s son Mattie had forged a bond with Carter in 2001, days before he was supposed to die. Mattie had said one of ...

Of special importance to believers is how Shakespeare’s description of the work of poets is ultimately underpinned by the ...

Trembling hands with melodies, entwined by love’s embrace, Whispers weave the songs you told, where love’s tale finds its place. Underneath celestial skies, our hearts begin to soar, Singing stories ...

The afternoon belongs to the dove weeping for her fall from heaven. The feast of life is laid before our eyes, but the ...

It is often ordinary people who create the most extraordinary beauty, particularly when the undertaking is grand in scope.

Post-lockdown, she again worked with Ryan, this time focusing on poems about sleep, after which Ryan suggested a project called Bach and the Bard. Actor Bernadette Ryan, cellist Rachel Scott and ...

“I wish the rent / Was heaven sent.” Leon Bibb, in his turn, rose and thanked Mr. Hughes, whom he called Lang, first by reading the James Weldon Johnson poem “O Black and Unknown Bards ...

A 10,000-line blank verse retelling of Satan’s rebellion against God, the subsequent war in heaven and the temptation ... something true about Milton’s poem,” about its deft understanding ...