In 1922, The New York Sun published a poem called “The History of Honey.” The Sun’s poetry editor at the time — our predecessor, Edmund Leamy (1890–1962) — received the poem in the mail and liked it ...

In “Night Watch,” Kevin Young riffs on Dante’s “Inferno” and gives voice to silenced figures from the nation’s past.

Over the centuries, poets have often used ancient Greece as their "muse," resulting in some of the most magnificent poems ...

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 ...

Charles Coe, a poet, author, and master writing teacher, discussed the history of poetry as an agent for political and social change at the Monadnock Summer Lyceum, while also sharing his own poems ...

Marcela Sulak has translated three collections of poetry from Hapsburg Bohemia and the Congo and is co-editing “Family Resemblance: An Anthology and Exploration of 8 Hybrid Literary Forms” (Rose Metal ...

In defense of that new public charge rule, Acting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Ken Cuccinelli has offered his own version of the famous Emma Lazarus poem on the base of the ...

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Troy, New York is the home of Uncle Sam, an iconic character in American history. The Collar City also helped launch one of the best-known Christmas poems in history, which is ...

You may have seen our anchors wearing red poppy pins this morning during Good Day Virginia. They were given to us by the ...

SHREWSBURY — A year ago, an attempt by a group of students to dump the high school's mascot divided this town. Now, a poem read by a student during a Black history assembly is doing the same. And at ...

Why the Victorians should do humor so well — and so often — seems a mystery. But perhaps the mystery is lessened if we begin to question the oh-so-superior view of the Edwardians that their Victorian ...