WHYY’s Jennifer Lynn and Susan Phillips explore the beauty of nature through poetry, featuring iconic poets like Amanda Gorman, Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg.

Maya Angelou is the second poet in history to read a poem during a presidential inauguration; Robert Frost was the first ...

“I went to a historically Black church and I feel like it’s always an occasion to go to church as an African American,” says ...

From the column: "Amanda Gorman, who inspired the nation at the inauguration of President Joe Biden just a little over four years ago, spoke with poignant prescience." ...

The first was Amanda Gorman, who read a poem she had written at Joseph Biden’s inauguration in 2021 and joined the small group of poets invited to celebrate presidential transitions, among them ...

Brooklyn Bookstore Crawl returns April 19-26, inviting bookworms on a literary journey through as many as 26 independent bookstores across the ...

Dr. King’s speeches, like his 1963 “I Have a Dream” address, set a high bar for participants, while Gorman’s modern works, including her 2021 inaugural poem, offered fresh relevance.

joining notable figures such as Amanda Gorman. Gorman, the first laureate named in 2017, gained recognition in 2021 after delivering her poem “The Hill We Climb” at President Biden’s inauguration. The ...

Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) student Stephanie Pacheco, the 2024-25 National Youth Poet Laureate, has ...