NEW YORK, July 8 (UPI) -- The art of the sonnet as practiced by British and American poets from William Shakespeare to Jack Kerouac is the subject of an unusual exhibition at the New York Public ...
Poetry is likely our oldest linguistic art form, predating even the invention of writing — the first poems were recited and chanted as part of the oral tradition. It has been practiced for millennia ...
was 9 years old in 1955 when 14-year old Emmett Till was lynched outside Money, Miss. The tragedy galvanized support for a fledgling civil rights movement. Nearly 60 years later, Nelson is drawn back ...
The sonnet, a poetic form immortalised by the likes of Shakespeare and Petrarch, has remarkably endured the test of time, weaving its way through the ever-evolving landscape of poetic expression to ...
Why sonnets now? Conversation about the perennial popularity and adaptability of the sonnet quickly starts to sound circular: the sonnet entices and endures because it entices and endures, includes ...