The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far)
We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...
The Atlantic Publishes ‘The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far),’ Recognizing the Most Consequential Poetry Collections of the Past 25 Years
T oday The Atlantic launches “The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far),” a new editorial project that brings ...
Poetry saves kids' lives. Slashing its funding is a mistake | Opinion
The arts are often written off as worthless, or certainly not worth the federal funding that they receive. But young poets ...
World Poetry Day: On Instagram and TikTok, poetry finds a new lease of life
From social media to AI, new technologies have changed the way that we produce and consume poetry. For World Poetry Day, we ...
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How ‘Poems of Parenting’ helps us laugh through the journey of raising children
Artist Loryn Brantz aims to help parents feel seen through the moments of frustration, laughter and love that come with ...
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Life, like a poem, is a series of choices
It’s impossible for me to talk about writing without talking about living, writes Maggie Smith, author of the new book, "Dear ...
SC quashes FIR against Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi over poem: 'Judges must protect freedom of speech'
It is impossible to lead a dignified life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution without freedom of expression of ...
Poetry from Daily Life: Where do poems come from? Everywhere!
Poet and author Charles Ghigna shares the story of a poem he wrote after waking up to his infant son's babbling over a nursery monitor.
This Famous Arabic Music on Social Media is Actually Not a Naat or Hamd
If you’ve been on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube in Pakistan lately, you’ve probably heard the viral "Tab Tabi Tab" Arabic ...
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Australian poetry used to be popular. And it could be again
Dorothea Mackellar’s poem from 1908, My Country, is famous in Australia despite its outmoded colonial assumptions. Many people are able to quote its lines about ragged mountain ranges ...
22-word love poem may look simple – but it's deemed one of best ever
The poem, '40 Love' has been hailed on social media as both 'beautiful' and 'genius' with it's unusual layout mimicking a ...
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Life Isn’t Perfect. But This Poem Might Be.
Let’s take a moment to admire the needlework of the poem — what we might call, to quote another famous poem about a tiger (William Blake’s “The Tyger”), its fearful symmetry. Every ...