Father's Day is almost here, and if your dad lives far or near, you might get him a card or treat, or fire up the grill for some bacon-wrapped meat, but if you're more the pensive type, or can only ...

These four poems and excerpts below demonstrate exactly what I'm saying, as they make use of some major rhyme while talking about the one and only U. S. of A. While they don't all talk about America ...

For the last eight years, Mancos resident and former Fort Lewis College education professor Lindy Simmons has produced an original two-hour Thursday night variety show involving day performers from ...

Five minutes. One word. One chance. This is the challenge Adam Grabowski often poses to himself writing on a typewriter. You ...

Even the previously uncollected work in “The Poems of Seamus Heaney” shows a master craftsman in full control of his powers.

The first day Vladimir Putin sent troops to invade Ukraine, actor AnnaLynne McCord thrust herself onto the internet stage by reciting a poem she had written addressed to the Russian President. With ...

The melody of ancient yinsong is attracting new followers enchanted by its echoes of tradition, Xing Wen reports. The pitch is crucial, as is the rhythm. It is musical, but not essentially music. The ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Well, now I suppose is as good as any time to talk to you about poetry and rhyme. Does a poem have to ...

I’d gone out to rake leaves, lay compost and weed the artichokes we grow on the strip between the sidewalk and the street. I’d been a bit impatient, grumpy even, hacking away. I also discovered that ...