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The Japanese art of haiku: small poems for universal feelings
Many of us probably have memories of writing short, clever haikus in school, trying to craft the best verse possible within ...
A brief history of the muses: the Greek goddesses who provided divine inspiration for ancient poets
There were muses specifically for comedy, tragedy and even erotica. The oldest was Calliope, mother of the legendary musician ...
At the Met, Golijov’s ‘Ainadamar’ paints a dreamlike portrait of Lorca
Angel Blue and Daniela Mack star in Deborah Corker’s poetic vision of Osvaldo Golijov’s operatic homage to Federico García ...
In Indonesia, French Poet Rimbaud's Voyage Still A Mystery
In the summer of 1876, rebel French poet Arthur Rimbaud arrived on the Indonesian island of Java, enlisting in the colonial Dutch army before deserting after just two weeks, an escape still shrouded ...