but poetry is actually one of the purest forms of expression. Every single word, even syllable, matters in a poem, capturing the most elusive emotions and telling a thought-provoking story.

CHICAGO — The Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2025-26 season will include five productions that first appeared elsewhere and one revival, all picked by the previous general director, Anthony Freud.

The Ghanaian-born, Jamaican-raised poet points out that one of his key initiatives is the launch of a weekly poem series, designed to celebrate Jamaican poetry and keep the art form alive and ...

Lyric Opera of Chicago Will Start to Reflect John Mangum's Production Picks in 2026-27 CHICAGO (AP) — The Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2025-26 season will include five productions that first ...

Ditlevsen, however, once wrote that she did much of her best work in poetry. There Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die, the first English translation of those poems, starts with selections ...

Inspired by the examples ... write poetry, he described one of those lonely moments of childhood when he was dreaming by himself. Never published, it reads like a hitherto undiscovered poem ...