A framed poster of a stamp depicting Langston Hughes, who wrote some of the best poems in American history. Poetry provides the perfect way to indulge in the escapism of reading without the commitment ...

April is National Poetry Month. In the Union-Tribune’s Arts+Culture section, you will frequently find poems written by our readers. However, publishers of this paper haven’t always been supportive of ...

With “Context Collapse,” Ryan Ruby aims to explain poetry’s origins and its waves of innovation all the way to the present. By Daisy Fried Daisy Fried’s most recent book is “The Year the City Emptied, ...

In this clever, wide-ranging history, British literary critic Carey (The Essential Paradise Lost) provides a tour of Western poetry, from Homer to Maya Angelou. Each brief chapter tackles one or more ...

Poetry in Iran is not just documentation of history but an influential component of Iranian culture. Photo by Pixabay from Pexels. In ancient history, the words of a prophet were highly valued in ...

Hundreds of millions of poetic words have been written throughout history. Navigate your way into this beautiful art form with this list of the most famous poems ever written. What jumps into your ...

The opening poem of this year’s Magic City Poetry Festival paid reverence to Birmingham’s history. The month-long celebration of the literary art commenced Saturday morning with Alabama poet laureate ...

Chinese poetry carved on the wall of the Angel Island Immigration Station in the San Francisco Bay. Text from Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940 These lines ...

THE BOOK OF LONGINGS, by Sue Monk Kidd. (Viking, $28.) Kidd, the author of “The Secret Life of Bees” and other books, offers a feminist slant on Christian history in her audacious fourth novel, which ...