Dickinson, arguably the greatest nature poet (and religious poet and love poet) of the American 19th century, didn’t just ...

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

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript. And I’m Georgie. For most parents, their baby’s first word is a special moment. This happens after an early stage of language development called ...

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

New and Selected Poems,” Ms. Limón explores how questioning can lead to a place of truth.

Poet, professor and mystery novelist Laurel S. Peterson submits that poetry has the power to 'soothe the frightened and ...

Matthew McConaughey revealed on "Fox & Friends" that he uses poetry to fight the cynicism he feels reading the news.

The former U.S. Poet Laureate, who has a new book out this week, recommends five texts that interrogate how we narrate the ...

Encinitas therapist Kristen Hornung has self-published her first book of poetry, “Too Jagged to Hold”. The deeply personal collection takes readers on her long and ongoing journey of recovery from ...

This week’s poem, by Michelle Menting, brings us into the beauty and grace of a woodland lake. I love this poem’s tender rush of noticing, its imagery of the intricate interconnections of beings, and ...

What is word stress and how do we use it? In words with more than one syllable, there’s usually at least one syllable that sounds clearer or more obvious. Maybe it’s stronger, louder or higher. For ...

Gustavo Dudamel conducts John Corigliano’s blistering First Symphony, and Chuck Schumer faces a hostile crowd at the opening ...