Concentrated among 1,000 people in the remote Daliwe valley, siPhuthi has gained a dictionary, a Bible translation and official recognition thanks to intrepid linguists and activists ...

From an almost whimsical beginning, these verses on wishing to overcome mortality grow lyrical and deeply moving Dream-Pedlary i. If there were dreams to sell. What would you buy? Some cost a passing ...

William Blake’s “The Clod & the Pebble” is a dialogue on tenderness and cruelty in three short stanzas. Read it with our critic A.O. Scott, and then play a game to memorize it. Isabella Cotier By A.O.

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “A Worldly Country,” by John Ashbery, and her own poem “Beagle or Something." The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “In the Waiting Room,” by ...

Presented by Spokane Public Radio, Poetry Moment is a program that showcases myriad poems as read by poets and poetry lovers from across the Inland Northwest — and occasionally beyond.Poetry Moment ...

Growing up, I was fascinated by Xhosa rap. When you listen carefully, you realise how much meaning sits in the language. It is not just about rhythm or delivery but about stories that reflect real ...

Poet Amanda Gorman wrote a poem for Renee Good, who was killed by an ICE officer this week. Gorman reads her poem and speaks on its meaning. After an ICE officer shot and killed Renee Macklin Good ...

There are 385 poems in John Berryman’s Dream Songs, one of the great books of 20th-century poetry. They follow an American everyman, Henry – not identical with his poet, but not entirely distinct – as ...