“I want to hear an American poem,” Baraka recites in an audio clip that plays during an interlude video at Beyoncé’s Cowboy ...

Starting today, we’ll have a week of games, videos and essays to help you along the way. First up: readings by Ina Garten, ...

An anthology of her teenage poetry, published for the first time, shows ambition, even if the verse isn’t perfect.

I hope you liked my haiku. Some say April is the cruelest month, but with its showers come National Poetry Month AND Jazz ...

New research combines centuries-old Chinese poetry with modern biodiversity science to reveal a 65% decline in the Yangtze ...

Poetry is known for its brevity. And tell me, where are the poetic politicians like John F. Kennedy, who said, “When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations." ...

The Yangtze porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) used to be a common sighting in the Yangtze River. Boaters would watch ...

“Alone,” a verse novel that takes the form of poems written by Maddie, was a smash hit nationwide, and frequent questions ...

Poet Aamir Aziz accuses artist Anita Dube of using his revolutionary poem without consent in her exhibitions. The poem, known for its anti-injustice theme, was allegedly turned into luxury art.

As part of this year’s Verses Festival of Words, the long-running music-and-poetry mash-up will unleash 12 poets on what is arguably the best album by that most Canadian of bands, the Tragically Hip. ...