It’s been described as embarrassing, clichéd or “unhelpful singsong.” Many poets dislike it too, but it’s a style they’ve learned from each other.

X.J. Kennedy, a poet, author, translator and educator whose many awards include an Los Angeles Times Book Prize, has died at ...

Pali stanza often recited at times of death. “Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honour of the ...

Twice a week, I meet with two elderly men to read poems out loud. The poems are ancient, even older than us. They’re usually love sonnets or war epics or, sometimes, the lyrics of traditional songs.

SHARJAH, 5th January, 2026 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, officially opened the 22nd Sharjah Festival of Arabic Poetry on Monday ...

Employees, poets, and other community members at the Poetry Foundation are protesting the organization’s decision, announced on December 1, to phase out all public programming, beginning in the new ...

You are now at the height of your Virgo powers. I hope you wield them with utter flair and finesse. Make everything you touch better than it was before you touched it. Join Nevada Humanities on Monday ...

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After Rashan Brown finished his first major gig as a spoken-word poet — opening for bestselling author and poet Rupi Kaur at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, New York, in December 2022 — he stepped ...

The Texas Funeral Service Commission (or, TFSC) is a state agency charged with regulating deathcare. The agency licenses funeral providers, embalmers and establishments (like funeral homes and ...

Inside the Unity of Santa Barbara Chapel, the Blue Whale Reading Series takes place every other month. Hosts Laure-Anne Bosselar and Christine Kravetz revived the series in 2023 after founder Steve ...

Liberal MS NOW host Rachel Maddow went viral Thursday after she was spotted at the funeral of former Vice President Dick Cheney. Maddow, who once called Cheney "the ...