In “ Natural History ,” your story in this week’s issue, Jesse joins an environmental protest, a kind of die-in, at the ...

When children write poetry, they often jump in with only a vague idea then follow where it leads — adults can do that, too, ...

It is fascinating that some of the most splendid prose in the Hebrew Bible emerges from the mouth of Balaam, a brilliant poet ...

Dr Ali-Said Matano, former Executive Secretary of the Lake Victoria Basin Commission and now Senior Advisor on Blue Economy and Lakefront Development in Kisumu, says this free movement is anchored in ...

For our series Making of a Poem, we’re asking poets and translators to dissect the poems they’ve published in our pages.

On June 12, Eve Karlin made Aliyah to Israel with the assistance of Nefesh B’Nefesh. Twelve hours later, at 3:30 a.m., she ...

Poet Mary Jo Bang has spent the last two decades translating the three books of Dante's Divine Comedy. Purgatorio is the ...

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"I say let’s get rid of the racist-written, purloined, unsingable war-song-question and replace it with the lovely hymn about ...

I'm a longtime admirer of Maria Popova. Her essays have moved and startled me more than once, and I’ve underlined her ...

From classics to modern masterpieces, these great poetry books—recommended by poets themselves—belong on your bookshelf.

Whatever emotion you're feeling can be found in poetry. So when life brings you down, turn to these inspirational poems to lift your spirits.