Maya Angelou, considered one of the best poets in history, signs copies of "Maya Angelou: Letter to My Daughter" at Barnes & Noble in Union Square on October 30, 2008 in New York City. Poetry is a ...

Poetry Day is a celebration of poetry for everyone, everywhere. It’s a day when poetry takes to the streets. It’s a chance for you to use poetry to say things that can’t be said in prose. They mean an ...

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date; Sometime too hot the eye of ...

During his residency at Fordham in the mid-1800s, Edgar Allan Poe often took long, contemplative walks, but not across the High Bridge that connects Washington Heights to the Bronx, as it has widely ...

Presented by Spokane Public Radio, Poetry Moment is a program that showcases myriad poems as read by poets and poetry lovers from across the Inland Northwest — and occasionally beyond.Poetry Moment ...

World Poetry Day 2016 is here in celebration of the unique ability of poetry to capture the creative spirit of the human mind. There is nothing better than spreading the power of language through ...

Poets view the New Year as a magical beginning, embracing change and new possibilities. Through their verses, they reflect on letting go of the past, finding solace, and the continuous desire for ...

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