The Shankar-Shad Mushaira, a legacy since 1954, unites poetry lovers in a grand Urdu Shayari event. On 5th April 2025, ...

Lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar, in a conversation with India Today, spoke about the revival of poetry through social ...

Maya Angelou didn’t hold back. From defying racism to reclaiming womanhood, her fiercest words still cut through noise and ...

Poetry is often seen as an indulgence and/or as something reserved for certain kinds of intellectuals and artists. It can be considered inaccessible for various reasons, not the least of which being ...

How powerful is voice? Whether written or spoken, says poet and spoken word artist Tawahum Bige, “voice as a weapon…creates that awareness and it can also galvanize change.” ...

The Verses Festival of Words is back for its 15th year, running April 10 to 20 at Chill X Studio. This year’s theme, “Amplify,” speaks to the heart of what the festival has always done best—creating ...

As reported by the Hollywood Reporter, even after Val Kilmer’s acting career took off, he continued writing poetry for much of his adult life. He carried on writing poems well into his sixties, with ...

The words to the US National Anthem were written by Francis Scott Key, as he watched the British Royal Navy bombarding Fort McHenry ...

Puerto Rican poet Mara Pastor delivered a poetry reading and discussion to the University of Connecticut community at Susan V. Herbst Hall on April 1.

There’s something about Han of Stray Kids that feels like déjà vu. Like a character you’ve seen before—staring into the dark just before a show, half-composed, half-collapsing.

For National Poetry Month, I’ve curated a playlist of seven songs that represent poetic devices like allusion, irony and rhyme. I call it “the wordplaylist.” Prepare to be taken back to middle school ...