I have met so many good people of Petersburg, and I love the great possibilities that the city has on the horizon' ...

She lets out a sigh and has a good cry, I tell her to release her feelings one at a time,” Cecelia, 30, wrote in a poem that ...

Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

Naomi Shihab Nye set the tone for her seventh visit to Santa Barbara with a quote by Rumi: “In this earth, in this soil, in ...

In her poem "The Mirror," Sylvia Plath portrays the complexity of the struggle of the imposter, the struggle to be oneself.

Good Morning Britain welcomed Anne on Monday, who spoke about laying her sister to rest in Blackpool on Saturday and read out ...

Modern accounts of Sylvia Plath’s renowned work and legacy seek to highlight the author’s resilience through a decade-long ...

Gorman cautions parents to be awake to the rise in book bans across the country, which will primarily impact children of middle and low-income families.

Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

Amanda Gorman made her voice heard in January 2021 while reading the poem for President Joe Biden’s inauguration. Four years later, she’s helping children find their voice with her new picture ...