Here the muse is a trader in the Kantin Kwari market, “haggling for the price / of a metaphor,” her wrapper “tucked firm against the Harmattan’s tongue.” She demands not facile beauty but “the scent ...

Though chilly mornings and evenings still linger, spring has truly arrived. Spring flowers bloom in eager succession. Spring is a season of new life and fresh beginnings, which is why many poets ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. High school student Josephine Trigg is facing some possible restrictions for a poem she would like to read. Photo taken in Calgary ...

Rudyard Kipling has gone far out of fashion. Born in Bombay, in British India, in 1865, he was an unapologetic imperialist; he even coined the phrase “take up the white man’s burden” to mark the ...

Thousands of years ago, humankind figured out how to transform one of our greatest inventions into infinite beauty, and language gave way to poetry. From the prehistoric poems of the Nile ...

Becoming a mother is a profound journey filled with contrasting emotions. This phenomenon, known as the feeling of contrast, or "Gegensatzgefühl" in German, describes the experience of holding ...

Recite these cozy Christmas poems to share the holiday spirit and make even your Grinchiest loved ones say, "Ho, ho, ho!" Snow-tipped chimneys, fresh pine, lively carols and gifts wrapped with care: ...

In its simplest terms contrast is how the brightness of an object compares (or contrasts) to the brightness of its background. Think of a white circle against a black background and you get the ...

Poet and activist Amanda Gorman returned to the national political stage on Aug. 21, performing her spoken-word poem "This Sacred Scene" at the Democratic National Convention. Gorman told Vanity Fair ...