Marianne Faithfull and Courtney Love are two of rock music’s great survivors. Both have weathered addiction, rough handling from the media and the music industry and the challenge of establishing ...

Back in January, in honor of Valentine's Day, Morning Edition announced a love poem request line: Send us your memories of love and relationships, and author Kwame Alexander will find a poem that ...

How do I love thee? Let me count the page views. “That is the most popular e.e. cummings poem on our site,” said Poetry Foundation Director of Digital Programs Cassie Mayer. “I think it has to do with ...

From an early age, K Love the Poet felt a deep responsibility to nurture and uplift those around her. As a child, she gathered neighborhood kids on her porch, braided their hair, and took them to the ...

Sometimes the thing that can be said in a thousand words is better said in 10 — as a poetry lover, that’s how I often feel, and I’m betting most (or all) of the feminist poets featured on the list ...

From the sonnets of William Shakespeare to the writings of Walt Whitman and the rejuvenating words of Amanda Gorman, poetry is indelibly writ into the fabric of not only popular culture, but the ...

April is National Poetry Month! Who else besides me is excited and wants to try talking in haiku all month long? No one? Hmm, okay. One of my favorite definitions of the word “poetic” comes from Urban ...

Literature can be daunting for some young people, so how can we create a culture of avid readers? Poetry can be a non-threatening alternative introduction for fledgling bibliophiles, giving them more ...

Taylor Swift’s lyrics are studied by college students across the country, including at Harvard University, for their literary value. Should they be woven into the high school and middle school English ...

There's a certain kind of therapeutic vibe that awaits you at Poetry by Love & Cheesecake. It is the place to head to for a ...