Clement Clarke Moore (1779 – 1863) wrote the poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas,” also known as “A Visit from St. Nicholas ...

Writing does not take us away from the difficult and the painful. If we write with courage and with integrity, it can take us ...

It's not often that "thinking inside the box," is lauded as a winning strategy. But for spoken word poet Henry Morray, it won Slamovision's 2025 international slam poetry competition.

It is, perhaps, the most famous editorial ever written. One that has been reprinted year in,, year out in newspapers around ...

The suicide of popular Russian poet Sergei Esenin generated an outpouring of shock and grief throughout the USSR and beyond.

The surgeon informed Longfellow that Charley’s wound “was very serious” and that “paralysis might ensue.” Three surgeons gave ...

More than a decade ago, Democratic candidate for governor Jonathan Kiper self-published a book of poetry filled with sexual ...

Sappho sang of desire, passion, and love, mostly directed towards women. She remains the most mysterious of ancient poets.

The Atlantic magazine introduced many now-classic works by writers including Longfellow, Whitman and Frost.

Before the school of hard knocks teaches us how to be truly mean, our insults are pure, chaotic poetry. It’s a world where ...

A Visit from St. Nicholas' is one of America's most beloved poems. But few can have read it carefully. If they had, our idea ...

Longtime friend and filmmaker Roberto Mighty said he was “heartbroken” by the news and described Coe, beyond his status as a ...