New poetry collection from Carolyn Oliver. In her new collection of poetry “The Alcestis Machine” (Acre), Carolyn Oliver tracks paths between the here we know and the gaping s ...

When you want to break out your magnifying glass and become a detective but don’t want to deal with gory horror, consider ...

Gorgeously illustrated children’s books provide visual worlds to explore, while the books’ hopeful messages will cheer young ...

Thanksgiving poems full of gratitude Thanksgiving often inspires us to get a little poetic. Thinking and speaking about the ...

The words of these Black poets cut to the core of the human experience and the realities of being Black in America ...

The Poem:99 Children’s Poetry Competition 2024 is now open for submissions. Entrants can be from anywhere in the world. Poems must be 20 lines max and be on the theme of ‘Spirituality’. There are four ...

Poe's poetry, while not nearly as violent, also emphasizes death, often depicting the death of a loved one or a terrible feeling of loss. Horrific murders are committed in many of the stories, whether ...

In Part 2 of our in-depth interview with Palestinian writer Mosab Abu Toha, he reads several poems from his new book Forest of Noise ... and you have some children about to die under the rubble.

NASA and the U.S. Poet Laureate may not be obvious collaborators, but a Jupiter-bound mission helped them find common ground. NASA and the U.S. Poet Laureate may not be obvious collaborators, but ...

"Some serious about her life experiences and some light hearted. Many years ago people used to pay her to write funny poems for weddings and other events." ...

Which is sort of the point. Am I, the author of 14 novels, jealous that Keira’s children’s book, I Love You Just the Same, has been picked up by the publisher Simon & Schuster, accompanied by ...