Award-winning US Poet Nikki Giovanni Dies Aged 81
Award-winning US poet Nikki Giovanni, who was at the forefront of the Black Arts Movement, died aged 81 after a long battle ...
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Paul Valéry Would Prefer Not To
In his early prose narrative, “Monsieur Teste,” the great French poet created an alter ego even more aloof and elusive than ...
Life ‘out of nowhere’ at the ‘scraping of midnight’: two illustrious poets illuminate the times
Where the poetry of David Brooks and Jill Jones intersects is their detailing of domestic life and drawing attention to ...
Letters to the Editor: Gratitude for poetry column, grumbling about Biden's final act
I want to thank the Springfield News-Leader for carrying the columns gathered together by Missouri’s Poet Laureate David Harrison — yes, the David Harrison of the David Harrison Elementary School in ...
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The world's first walk-in 'poetry pharmacy' prescribes poems instead of pills
Customers suffering from "broken hearts" and "existential angst" are given poems by Mary Oliver and Derek Walcott in lieu of ...
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Mary Jo Salter on what makes a poem good
"Poetry should speak about contemporary matters and to one's contemporaries," Salter says. "On the other hand—and poetry's ...