Khaled Al Hameidi DohaLong before the rise of modern cities and the written word, the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula were alive with stories etched into the hearts of tribes, sung by poets, and ...

On any given evening, a poem written in a small apartment in Limassol can be read moments later in Rotterdam, Dublin or Berlin. The journey from notebook to audience no longer depends on publishers, ...

Seurat was clever and original. Earlier artists tackling marine themes depicted seething waves; Seurat’s seas are calm as a ...

Love poems didn’t start as private confessions. For much of their history, they were closer to public performances—tools for politics, status, ...

Valentine’s Day didn’t start with candy hearts or roses — or a Roman fertility festival, though there was one in mid-February ...

In 2005, at the age of 24, William Horsted had his first poem published, in The Spectator. He still has a copy of the ...

Literary podcasts are like year-round writers festivals – and there’s an Australian one out there for every taste, from occasional readers to bonafide bookworms.

Shiv Kumar Batalvi transformed heartbreak into haunting poetry. From Ikk Kudi to Loona, he wrote of love, loss and longing ...

Poetry is not a magic trick; it is the radical act of turning a personal nightmare into something universally beautiful. At 80 years old, Hoshang Merchant, India’s first openly gay poetic voice does ...

From windswept moors to animated clownfish, the words that make Britain swoon have been revealed — and they come from some surprising places.

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Arthur Sze, the national poet laureate appointed by the Library of Congress last month, visited Queens College, in Flushing for a poetry reading on Dec. 8. Sze was joined by NYS Poet Laureate Kimiko ...