another great figure in American poetry, challenges the idea that life is simply a precursor to death. Life is short, and ...

The Day of the Dead or Día de los Muertos is a Mexican holiday that is celebrated every year. Contrary to popular belief, the ...

The writing in this poem is taut, graceful and intelligent in a way that shows the mystical themes of life, including love, death, the mind and body, the church and Christ, and idealism.

Poet J. K. Kennedy discusses balancing humor with anxiety and/or grief in poetry and shares five tricks she uses to illustrate her emotions without letting them turn into quicksand for the reader.

Boston-born, Richmond-raised Edgar Allan Poe is one of the greatest writers of all time and his name is one that inspires images of dark, atmospheric plots, haunting characters and soul-gripping ...

The famed poet died in ‘delirium’, wearing someone else’s clothes. Over 170 years later, we’re still searching for answers.

Limón continues celebrating her signature project, "You Are Here," connecting readers to nature through poetry, plus more of ...

A dedicated feminist, she wrote this poem while living with her female lover, the architect Lota de Macedo Soares, in Brazil. Love and death are both ... the best things in life come short ...

Contributing Writer for the Prospect Annika Plunkett details her experience of attending the Día de los Muertos, or Day of ...

“I am walking toward death daily in the company of saints, past and present, heroic and ordinary,” Dr. Gaillardetz wrote. “It has been enough.” This last work is a fitting coda to a life well-lived ...

Ghassan Zaqtan’s 'Strangers in Light Coats' is a powerful collection of poems about memory, loss, and the struggles of ...

Young poets of Kashmir, mostly in their twenties, remain largely unknown. Some are aware of the risks of antagonising ...