Editors note: Live Poetry Night in Aspen celebrated its second birthday in October. Lisa Max Zimet, who co-founded the poetry evenings and is the founder of aspenpoetsociety.com, sent us this ...

WHO: Texas’s 2024 poet laureate, Amanda Johnston. WHAT: The Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship for Johnston’s project, Praisesong for the People: Poems Celebrating the Heart and Soul of ...

The African praise song traditionally celebrates the life of an individual, giving their name, genealogy, totem animal, job, personal attributes, etc in a rhythmical, incantatory, call-and-response ...

There could not be a more fitting title for Jeanine Hatha­way’s new poetry collection than Long after Lauds. Lauds is a monastic morning prayer, and Hathaway was a Dominican nun for nine years ...

Qatar has added more than 5,000 poems to the blog of eloquent and Nabati poetry in praise of the Prophet (peace be upon him) through Katara prize for the Prophet's poet. Apart from the recipients of ...

In a world awash in tragedy, it’s easy to overlook the ordinary: the simple beauty of the everyday, the breeze that reminds us to inhale and exhale, the still moments that whisper, “Look. See. Live.” ...

"A Cast-Iron Excuse", a two-line poem from Paul Durcan's latest collection, runs: "Sorry I cannot come to your reading tonight. / I have to go to the South Pole." The sentiment may strike a chord with ...

In the past, most African societies were oral societies. Although some African societies such as in ancient Egypt, the KhoiSan and Nigerians, used hieroglyphics, rock art and Nsibidi as a form of ...

All year I've been highlighting the ongoing dialogue among poets in English from the Renaissance to the 20th century. Today's column will mark the final entry in this series. Beginning with Philip ...

Praise It never rises to the occasion, never replaces its opposite. You can't exchange it for goods, can't store it as something to have when lost at sea. It's inaccurate (for one thing), hitting the ...