Narrative means story. So a narrative poem is a poem that tells a story. There is often no narrative in poetry because poems are generally about thoughts or emotions, rather than stories.

As she wrote in the introduction to her anthology Poems, Poets, Poetry (named for the popular introductory class she taught ...

As winter turns to spring, Giacomo Puccini's "Madama Butterfly' comes to the Lyric Opera stage from March 14 to April 12, 2026. Cio-Cio-San, or Madama Butterfly, is a geisha in love with Navy Lt. B.F.

Lyric Opera of Chicago has revealed the company’s 2025/26 Season, its first complete season featuring Medea, Salome and more.

The former child star shares daughters Poet Sienna Rose and Jagger Joseph Blue, as well as sons Lyric Sonny Roads and Story Indigo Moon with her ex-husband Jason Goldberg, whom she split from in ...

My guest on Poetry from Daily Life this week is Michael Salinger, who lives in Mentor, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. Michael says that his first poem was published in Scholastic magazine in fourth ...

Urmila Shirish, a recipient of Shikhar Samman, narrated a story, Khidki, in which she pointed out how the family members feel lonely in absence of children working abroad. Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh ...

That anyone would even attempt to sit down and translate a significant chunk of all Greek or Latin lyric poetry, and cram both the Greek and Latin poems into one volume is, let’s face it ...