Poetry doesn’t just reflect life—it makes ... And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son! Written as a long letter of advice ...

As I weaved through the verses, I felt myself steadying on stage, anticipating the next line and delivering it with just the ...

“Not as nasty as a man who looks like he bathes in ... “Our p—ies ain’t for grabbing,” the poem concluded. “This p—- is for my pleasure and giving birth to more nasty woman.” ...

DEAR ERIC: I have been married to my husband for 11 years now. We still enjoy each other’s company a lot and laugh together ...

When I came back from Iraq, I carried with me the images of landscapes littered with ruined bodies. To deal with the stew of ...

I and my love-child stand up together to-day and sing: “Thanks, O God.” We’re not the only ones who think reading Thanksgiving poems is a good way to spend the holiday. Pulitzer Prize ...

Most of the poems are written in the styles of classical Chinese poetry ... She said, "My father-in-law and my husband were killed by tigers. Now my son is also killed by a tiger." Confucius asked why ...

Man was made to mourn': 'If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave, / By Nature's law design'd, / Why was an independent wish / E'er planted in my mind?' The poem's conclusion that Death is 'the poor ...

Our critic A.O. Scott walks you through a poem that speaks to his mood right now. It’s called “Party Politics,” but it’s not about those parties, or those politics.

But in carrying out my research on Renaissance literature and gender ... Less well known, however, is the fact that half of Shakespeare’s poems were addressed to a young man, an unnamed “Fair Youth.” ...

A Hezbollah garb-wearing protester accused of hatefully harassing a Jewish straphanger reportedly read a poem aloud before he was sentenced in another antisemitic hate crime case. The bizarre ...