Today three authors pay homage to the late poet Robert Bly, and a home renovation uncovers murder. Robert Bly was born Dec. 23, 1926, near the city of Madison, Minn. Winner of a National Book Award ...

Last month, we asked NPR readers what poetry means to them. We received nearly 500 responses, from lifelong poetry fans to those who have only recently come to enjoy the genre. From sparking the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The greatest casualty of our education system? Poetry. Either you're from an older generation and you know a few lines by heart – ...

Stevie Smith, best known for her macabre short poem “Not Waving but Drowning,” could have furnished an alternative title for Stephanie Burt’s guidebook “Don’t Read Poetry.” I’m referring to another ...

What role can poetry play in emotional healing? HelloNation answers that question in an article featuring insights from ...

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...

A study in the journal Scientific Reports suggests readers like AI-generated poems more than those written by poets like Sylvia Plath and T.S. Eliot. Nonexpert readers of poems from William ...

The other day on the subway I caught sight of a sign that read what if everyone in New York was reading the same book at the same time and fell into a deep funk. It almost made me want to give up ...

Recite these cozy Christmas poems to share the holiday spirit and make even your Grinchiest loved ones say, "Ho, ho, ho!" Snow-tipped chimneys, fresh pine, lively carols and gifts wrapped with care: ...