William Wordsworth, a key figure of the Romantic movement, believed nature profoundly shaped human character and imagination.

For those of us north of the equator, winter officially arrived last week. The early darkness and the chill in the air demand ...

Although the 44 Mavis Gallant works assembled for the 2025 Uncollected Stories had their initial magazine publication in the ...

Local poet Rik Goodell had a good year, indeed. He won the International Western Music Association Award of Excellence for his album, "Cowboyin' with God," which was named the 2025 Cowboy Poetry Album ...

To understand the role of storytelling in contemporary pop music, researchers at UC Berkeley created a machine learning ...

Wellwater is a poetry collection which explores the intersection of cultural, economic and personal ideas of value, addressing aging, housing and environmental and economic crises. Celebrating ...

As I have every year since 2014, in 2025 I set aside a couple of months to peruse the year’s books of poetry — at least those books I had on hand. In the past, I’ve titled my annual roundup — one ...

When Plato was an infant, bees alighted on his lips and, nestling there, set about making honey. His parents had placed him, sleeping, on the summit of a mountain while they paid tribute to the gods, ...

A poem a day keeps the mind at play. That's the beauty of picking up a poetry collection: There's no pressure to read the book cover-to-cover. Readers can take it slow, savoring the verse and emotion.

Photo Credit: tomertu via Shutterstock.com. Celebrate humanity’s best with a trip through time to explore the most famous poets who ever lived, from the ancient Greek and Roman playwrights until today ...