But perhaps his least-known endeavor was as a poet. Kilmer was a writer of poetry for much of his adult life, having begun dabbling in the form in his twenties as he studied at The Juilliard ...

Snow-tipped chimneys, fresh pine, lively carols and gifts wrapped with care: For over a century, Christmas poems have captured the magic of the most wonderful time of the year. While many people ...

Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition?

A convicted drug dealer claims that being deported would damage his career as a poet. Cocaine dealer Evan Holmes, who has 13 convictions for 22 offences, has argued that being sent back to Jamaica ...

Poetry in the 21st century is both ubiquitous and oddly peripheral. Verses are displayed on subway walls, recited on momentous occasions, and served up in giant fonts on social media, but rarely ...

World Poetry Day is observed annually on March 21 to pay tribute to poets. It also aims to promote the reading, writing, and teaching of poetry worldwide. Poetry is a form of art and culture.

When now-poet laureate Simon Armitage retired from the Probation Service, his dad was “a bit miffed”. “I went into probation because my dad was a probation officer,” Armitage tells Big Issue. “He was ...

Nobody has seen or heard from Weldon Kees since Monday, July 18, 1955. —Anthony Lane, in “The Disappearing Poet” I was on my way out of the Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Preview Sale with $10 worth of books ...

James W. Weldon, Jr., 85, of Massillon, passed away on March 17, 2025 at Aultman Compassionate Care Center. He was born on September 21, 1939 in Columbia, SC. Visitation will be held at First ...

Former congressman Dr. Dave Weldon blames pharmaceutical industry lobbying for contributing to the withdrawal of his nomination as director of the CDC, as some Republicans may have voted against him.