The idea can be traced back to sources such as Plato’s Republic, in which Socrates extolls the ... Rider’s Instructions to His Lover,’ for which the German equestrian poet Rudolf Binding won the ...

Poet Laureate was a man of undeniable industry but without talent to match. You might say Michael Massey Robinson possessed ...

Whether you’re looking to soothe your mind, ignite your inner rebel or make your heart sing, poetry offers something for every day and every mood. As Dylan Thomas said, “poetry is what in a poem makes ...

Good friends are indeed rare and hard to find, however, true friendships are a lot rarer. Poetry and friendship are heart-touching and deserve to be lauded for their purity. Celebrate the ...

“It always ends by surrender, and I awake gasping out of deep water. I used to draw it or write bad poems about it.” Plato and Aristotle walking and disputing. Detail from Raphael’s The School of ...

The final hours of one of history’s most influential philosophers, Plato, are brought to light by newly deciphered passages from a papyrus scroll that was buried beneath layers of volcanic ash after ...

What is lost is fidelity. What is gained is poetry. Jawid Mojaddedi, who is attempting a more accurate translation, includes footnotes in his translations. Footnotes! If anything could make a poem go ...

By Constant Méheut and Daria Mitiuk Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine For several days in March 2022, the battalion of Yaryna Chornohuz, a Ukrainian poet and combat medic, faced fierce attacks from a ...

Poe’s writing career began in the early 1820s with the release of “Tamerlane and Other Poems,” a collection of poems that included the well-thought-out 403-line poem “Tamerlane,” which ...

After he left her and became Amiri Baraka, she found her own voice. By Penelope Green Hettie Jones, a poet and author who with her husband, LeRoi Jones (who later became the incendiary poet and ...

The significance and solace of poetry is closer than you think, I tell budding authors as they arrive at class with headphones on, glued to TikTok trends, or scrolling through Instagram feeds.