Poetry can express thoughts and emotions in freeing and insightful ways that prose simply cannot. For those who have never ...

Matthew McConaughey has always had a Texas-twang way with words - most famously with his signature "Dazed and Confused" line, "alright, alright, alright." Now the actor has turned his words a poetry ...

Matthew McConaughey is sharing four decades worth of life experience — from quitting weed to being “broke” — in his new book, Poems & Prayers. “I’ve always relied on logic to make sense of myself and ...

British illustrators like Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway made pictures for nursery rhymes that extended and ... strict ...

In Indian prisons, where the incarcerated are robbed of basic human dignity, conversations about mental health are a ...

As fall officially begins, the American Red Cross urges people to mark the new season with a lifesaving blood or platelet ...

Taylor Swift included poems in each vinyl variant of her album, "The Life of a Showgirl," and they reveal a lot about Travis ...

Our columnist looks at what it all meant. By Elisa Gabbert I wonder if there has ever been more equivocation about the word ...

What do zinnias, Emily Dickinson, and Robert Hayden have in common? More than you’d think — and it’s helping me make sense of ...

What would an acorn write to an oak tree? Or a coat to her button? A child to his toes? A pebble to the river? Dear Acorn, ...

In 1969, John Giorno got an idea: offer poetry via phone. Now, the quirky project is back, and it’s spreading to Brazil, Hong ...