Hong Kong today has more skyscrapers than any other city on earth — astonishing, really, when you consider how little flat land there is to put them all on. For most of its existence, Hong Kong was a ...

NPR readers of different belief systems share the poignant rituals that make them feel close to their spirituality. For some, ...

The event featured a reading by poet and lecturer Cintia Santana, as well as brief presentations by a panel of graduate students on poetry they resonate with.

Her poetry is about people ... Now she walks by the ocean and through the hills of Oceanside. “I have always been connected deeply in my awareness of nature,” Swanson said.

Here is a sampling of where our readers find spiritual comfort, from poetry to gardening to gazing out into the ocean. These have been edited for length and clarity. Tell about it. This guide ...

The Providus Bank World Poetry Day Café 2025 is set to be a remarkable cultural event celebrating poetry, music, and heritage.Since UNESCO’s declaration of March 21 as World Poetry Day in 1999, the ...

There are generally different kinds of poems: Some poetry can be easily sung ... Inwardly seen, we are like the ocean, and Maya is the like the wave. The wind is your Glory and The depths, You ...

It chose the ocean for its final poem, "Echoes of Being." With this task, it felt like Claude weighed its options, picked the best metaphor, and built the poem around that choice. Unlike with the ...

TPR’s Norma Martinez previews the event with Graciela Sánchez, director of the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center; Annalisa ...

Have you ever sent a message in a bottle into the ocean, hoping one day to hear back ... which she had translated to reveal what appears to be a poem from a wife to her husband after his death ...