Pray, believe, and receive—or doubt and do without” was a phrase I often heard in my Christian circle. And although it was ...

The Beals Memorial Library announced area poet Maya Maria, of Lowell, has been selected as a finalist in the 2024 Beals Prize ...

Aeneas is Virgil’s hero in this epic poem, and we follow the heroic survivor of the fall of Troy as he embarks on the creation of a new empire. An examination of human sin, Dante’s Inferno plunges ...

Nicolae’s film about Blandiana, “Between Silence and Sin,” has found a big audience in Europe ... sometimes forget – that as ...

Whether you’re looking to soothe your mind, ignite your inner rebel or make your heart sing, poetry offers something for every day and every mood. As Dylan Thomas said, “poetry is what in a poem makes ...

Good friends are indeed rare and hard to find, however, true friendships are a lot rarer. Poetry and friendship are heart-touching and deserve to be lauded for their purity. Celebrate the ...

What is lost is fidelity. What is gained is poetry. Jawid Mojaddedi, who is attempting a more accurate translation, includes footnotes in his translations. Footnotes! If anything could make a poem go ...

(RNS) — Elizabeth Oldfield spends a lot of time thinking about sin. Not the finger-pointing, fire and brimstone, shape-up-or-go-to-hell approach to human failings. Instead, Oldfield considers ...

After she reached safety in a village away from the combat zone, she poured her emotions into a poem, typing out verses on her phone. Yaryna Chornohuz, a Ukrainian poet and combat medic ...

Poe’s writing career began in the early 1820s with the release of “Tamerlane and Other Poems,” a collection of poems that included the well-thought-out 403-line poem “Tamerlane,” which ...