Born three decades before William Shakespeare, George Gascoigne (1535-77) was one of the earliest poets to write in modern English. He also wrote the first essay on poetic meter; what could be called ...

There is a poem in the midst of St. Peter’s B-List: Contemporary Poems Inspired by the Saints that moves me to tears whenever I read it. Sometimes I save it for the end of a day that has been a grind, ...

World Laughter Day is devoted to the art of laughter and its capacity to rejuvenate and heal people. It’s an opportunity to contemplate the significance of humour and laughter in our everyday lives.

OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Poet Craig Pugh invites readers into a world where coffee brews with character, cats embody both mystery and mischief, and marriage endures with humor and ...

Michael Palmer’s trust in the generative power that emerges out of silence for poetry runs counter to a deep strain of pessimism throughout The Laughter of the Sphinx. Some poets put a premium on ...

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Woven through this collection are ideas and images of lost things — loves, words, species, trust, safety. But it is not a collection of brooding or grief. The poems are full of spark and spunk, they ...