Locally, Song of Lawino (1966) by Okot p’Bitek is widely recognised as a major modern African epic poem or a long, dramatic ...

Powell shared poems spanning a decade of his work, featuring works about faith, resilience and desire, shaped by natural ...

Local columnist Raymond Atkins explains irony as the gap between expectation and reality, outlining verbal, situational, and ...

Contemporary wars turn up in unexpected places. In An Arbitrary Light Bulb, a book of verse by Ian Duhig, published in 2024, Gaza finds three mentions in a single poem called “Cecilia Vicuna’s Word ...

This event will be the first event during the 7th Annual Poetry Week. “They Have Names: Hind Rajab in Her Voice” is a poetic, symbolic theatrical elegy for Hind Rajab, a six-year-old Palestinian girl ...

The Vermont Studio Center is set to celebrate National Poetry Month with a reading featuring three Vermont poets. The event is scheduled for 2 p.m. on April 19 at the Red Mill, 80 Pearl St., Johnson, ...

Lawrence Reviewed Pop-Up: Review the Bee Tree at the Natural History Museum, 10 a.m.-noon, KU Natural History Museum, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd. Author event: Lorie Hetrick-Volenberg, “Mosses Through a Hand ...

Presented by the City of Encinitas in partnership with Encinitas Friends of the Arts, the Ocean of Poetry reading series occurs most third Sundays of 2026, from 1 p.m.-3 p.m., at Encinitas Library.

PORT TOWNSEND — Seattle-based poet Luther “Lue” Hughes will share new poems about her evolving relationship with grief at Fort Worden on Saturday. Hughes will be one of three poets to share the stage ...

Esinam Agama, a Tallahassee student, is one of 55 national competitors in the Poetry Out Loud competition. The competition judges students on their recitation skills, including physical presence, ...

A month-long poetry festival will take place across Gainesville, Florida, throughout April. The festival celebrates National Poetry Month and the upcoming 250th anniversary of American independence.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A month-long poetry festival celebrating National Poetry Month and the nation’s upcoming 250th anniversary of independence will ...