Nikki Giovanni, MC Lyte, Rakim, and others came together on Saturday to show how vital lyricism is to uplifting minorities ...

Lyric poetry refers to a short poem, often with songlike qualities, that expresses the speaker’s personal emotions and feelings. Historically intended to be sung and accompany musical instrumentation, ...

The poet Semyon Nadson (1862 - 1887) lived for 24 years. He is known for being the first poet of Jewish descent to achieve ...

When Ephriam David Tyler died in 1969 at age 85, he had written and published his way through three works of poetry that ...

It warns of 'incidences of violence, mental illness and expressions of Christian faith' in other medieval texts also ...

National Poetry Day is an occasion for everyone across the UK to celebrate poetry – in classrooms, bookshops and libraries, at home, onstage and online. The theme this year is ‘counting’, and the ...

The father of liberation theology endured much criticism, but he lived to see his groundbreaking work transform ...

Christian poetry has been defined as “any poetry that contains Christian teachings, themes, or references. The influence of Christianity on poetry has been great in any area that Christianity ...

I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox ...

What makes contemporary poets so oddly, and even perversely, attracted to Dante Alighieri? Like the scores of acquaintances ...

Learn about rhythm in poetry and how it can be used as device which has an effect on the reader. How to understand open and closed form in poetry Closed form poetry uses stricts patterns of rhymes ...