He’s a perceptive reader, and he has a knack for writing about poems in ways that lend shape and even excitement to the act of reading and thinking about them. He’s also comfortable ignoring some of ...

Researchers are new to studying the implications of poetry for well-being and the brain. Still, it may surprise you “what a ...

Stephanie Pacheco, a student at Borough of Manhattan Community College, wrote “Dear CUNY” to celebrate the value New York’s ...

It was a joy to read everyone’s work. We have selected five pieces — a personal essay, three poems and a short story — to publish in the Weekender.

It was a joy to read everyone’s work. We have selected five pieces — a personal essay, three poems and a short story — to publish in the Weekender.

The honors class held multiple workshops with professional writers to help hone their craft and learn more about the process of writing poems, songs and short stories. “I’m always looking for ...

Snow-tipped chimneys, fresh pine, lively carols and gifts wrapped with care: For over a century, Christmas poems have captured the magic of the most wonderful time of the year. While many people ...

Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition?

World Poetry Day is observed annually on March 21 to pay tribute to poets. It also aims to promote the reading, writing, and teaching of poetry worldwide. Poetry is a form of art and culture.

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I have slept in many places, for years on mattresses that entered,” by Diane Seuss, and his own poem “This Is a Test of the Federal Emergency ...

The British sunk their claws into Hong Kong in stages. In 1842 they colonised Hong Kong island; 1860 saw the seizure of the Kowloon peninsula, and in 1898, the British took out a 99-year lease on ...