February's writer-curator on Something I Heard, Diane Raptosh, shares one of her own poems, an untitled American sonnet.

His poetry, often simple yet profoundly evocative, captures the essence of the African American experience and, by extension, the heart of America itself. Hughes’s work is a reflection of his ...

Poet, playwright, novelist, and social activist Langston Hughes and civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shared a ...

A poetry reading followed by an informal craft talk will take place Feb. 12. Attendees will receive a free copy of Pardlo’s ...

Published on this day in 1845, the work used alliteration, internal rhyme and repetition to draw in readers, lending it a ...

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

Charles Cutler of Hawley first became fascinated by the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa in the early 1960s when Cutler was in ...