Nothing can replace the value of one human being noticing and doing good for another,’ Derrick Porter observes ...

William Blake’s “The Clod & the Pebble” is a dialogue on tenderness and cruelty in three short stanzas. Read it with our ...

People of poetry, art, and dreams gathered at the Averitt Center to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy at the ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day was first celebrated in 1986. Some 40 years later, the third Monday in January continues to be a moment for reflection on freedom of speech as well as freedom for all people ...

South London-based band Dry Cleaning’s music lies at the intersection of beat poetry and ambient instrumentals. With the ...

Mobile enters 2026 with a new poet laureate, and it is a figure who has loomed large on the city’s spoken-word scene for 20 ...

Last fall, James Hetfield said that he didn’t want Metallica to become another “legacy band that just plays their greatest hits.” I’d say releasing a rendition of a classic Christmas poem wouldn’t ...

We share the best final words spoken by fictional characters and tear up slightly. Investigators seize luxury goods over alleged fraud US carries out 'massive' strike against IS in Syria Bucking ...

A 15-year-old girl strides purposefully through a jeering, screaming white mob. Despite the maelstrom of malice that surrounds her, her eyes are fixed on what’s ahead of her. Many have seen the photo ...

Western Michigan University’s Poetry Society hosted an open mic and food drive in collaboration with Kalamazoo Loaves and Fishes (KLF) Nov. 14. “With the holidays coming up, we wanted to show that ...

Yale’s two spoken word performance groups, ¡Oye! and WORD at Yale, create spaces for student self-expression and vulnerability while pushing the boundaries of written poetry. WORD’s fall semester ...

On a Friday morning in late August, hundreds of real estate professionals packed into a ballroom in Omaha’s convention center. Developers, architects, brokers, attorneys — and one poet. “This is your ...