A researcher — who was looking for something else — stumbled onto two poems by Virginia Woolf. The silly, punny, quickly ...

“Poetry and Science; individually, but especially together are instruments for knowing the world more intimately and loving ...

Then we prescribe a poem." Alma also wants poetry to be accessible ... "People said, ‘you know why there is no other Poetry Pharmacy in the world? Because no one wants it,'" Alma recalled.

I grew up listening to AM radio in Boston in the 1960s; every day I heard the widest variety of popular songs from three ...

Poems from centuries ago can stand in dialogue with painters speaking to their contemporaries, and calligraphy serves as a ...

The acclaimed poet talks inspiration, taking poetry to the people, and touring with singer-songwriter Aimee Mann ahead of his ...

Walter Bargen, Missouri's first poet laureate, offers advice for people willing to embrace the world and be surprised.