Explore the powerful poetry of former New America Fellows Sarah Kay and Clint Smith, reflecting on culture and the transformative power of words.

Like many funeral poems that give comfort to the grieving, Dickinson’s piece—and the final stanza, in particular—suggests the dead might live on in the afterlife. An icon of his time ...

Short poems like this one may not be top of mind when considering funeral poetry, but it’s a moving option for those who are grieving. But thine are all my tears since thou art dead. To ...

But there's a problem: "pius" Aeneas, as he's called in the poem (meaning dutiful and, for lack of a better term, job-oriented), has his eyes on his mission to found a new city for his people ...

For more than a century, the unexplained disappearance of three lighthouse keepers has remained ... left its mark on popular culture, influencing poems, a Doctor Who episode, a song by Genesis ...

Chennai, Mar 04 (ANI): College students make rangoli while celebrating International Women’s Day at Vepery, in Chennai on Tuesday. (ANI Photo) (Lakshmi) International Women's Day is celebrated ...

after it featured in the hit 1994 romcom Four Weddings and a Funeral. But if it is unusual for a poem to escape the confines of the world of literature, it's virtually unheard of for one to ...