I’ve been writing poetry for about as long as I can remember; in truth, I can’t even remember how long. My mother died of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 1996; my father died in 2005 from multiple urinary ...
Reading, while not technically medicine, is a fundamentally wholesome activity. It can prevent cognitive decline, improve sleep, and lower blood pressure. In one study, book readers outlived their ...
Adam Zagajewski, who died in March, 2021, was an award-winning Polish poet. Clare Cavanagh’s English translations of his poetry collections “True Life” and “Collected Poems” are forthcoming. “The ...
It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...
NEW YORK — Looking out at the hundreds of listeners packed into St. Mark’s Church on New Year’s Day, Patricia Spears Jones reads a poem for the new year: “I wanted to write a song of affirmation for ...
On Wednesday, April 13 at 7 p.m., avid readers and family members filled the Grolier Poetry Book Shop to listen to four poets — Jennifer Franklin, Jennifer Jean, Dzvinia Orlowsky, and Anne Elizabeth ...
April is National Poetry Month and as a poet and research psychologist, it’s my favorite time of year to discover and promote the joys and transformative powers of this art form. After all, poetry is ...
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