Beginning on World Poetry Day and running through May, the Sierra Poetry Festival is supported by a months’ long fringe festival. Full of pop-up poetry events of all varieties and styles, most are ...
In 1999, UNESCO named March 21 World Poetry Day. Since then, it has been celebrated every year and recognized by those who value poetry in their lives or acknowledge its importance in the history of ...
March 21st is World Poetry Day, a day to celebrate the beauty and power of words. This special occasion shines a spotlight on Emirati poets, whose verses capture the essence of the UAE’s rich culture ...
On World Poetry Day, we look at how people are sometimes compelled to express their feelings and ideas through poems. This Tuesday is World Poetry Day, and we are taking note of this day on NPR. May ...
The rise of the #MeToo movement allowed women around the world to express the extent of the gender-based violence that they suffer every day. On TV, on social media or in the streets, celebrities and ...
Srikanth “Chicu” Reddy wrote his first poem when he was 5 or 6: an acrostic about Abraham Lincoln. “I think I still have it,” says Reddy, a professor in the Department of English Language and ...