In this roundup of poetry from the past year, 'America' editors and staff explore worlds of verse and fragments of reality that enchant and unsettle.
There was a time, not too long ago, when many people could only name one, maybe two, poets – often a long-dead White man named William Shakespeare, Robert Frost or Walt Whitman. Meanwhile, the Lincoln ...
The New York–based writer, personal development coach and creator is exploring heartbreak, desire and emotional honesty in ...
Quaker poetry has a long tradition. Despite the suspicions of the first generation of Quakers, who were concerned that music ...
A framed poster of a stamp depicting Langston Hughes, who wrote some of the best poems in American history. Poetry provides the perfect way to indulge in the escapism of reading without the ...
Join us for an evening of poetry inspired by Lisa Hirmer’s artwork Lodestar on the Lassonde Art Trail. ​The title Lodestar refers to a guiding star: an ...
Time is the theme of this year’s Poetry Moves International Festival, which will unfold from October 13 to 17 with a ...
Oak Park’s City Voices will perform a program of choral pieces inspired by the poems of Sara Teasdale and Walt Whitman.