Words have a rhythm, much like a beating heart. They flow and dance, translating emotions into verses that persist long after they are uttered. Poetry has historically served as a vehicle for love, ...

Puerto Rican poet Mara Pastor delivered a poetry reading and discussion to the University of Connecticut community at Susan V. Herbst Hall on April 1. The event was bilingual, with more emphasis on ...

It’s been described as embarrassing, clichéd or “unhelpful singsong.” Many poets dislike it too, but it’s a style they’ve learned from each other.

Post written by Aneta Pavlenko. On January 15, 1605, a young Dutch woman, Brechje Spiegels, died suddenly, catching everyone by surprise. A few days earlier her beloved, poet Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft ...

In this digital and divided society, it can often seem that language is used primarily to deliver criticism and express rage. But poet Ada Limón shares her humble opinion on why she sees people ...

Paul Celan, Memory Rose Into Threshold Speech: The Collected Earlier Poetry, A Bilingual Edition, translated by Pierre Joris and with commentary by Pierre Joris and Barbara Wiedemann, 2020 (image ...

Well-known New England-based poet Robert Frost was once quoted as saying, "Poetry is what gets lost in translation." But for the nearly 60 Berkshire County students participating in the world language ...

Portrait of Marianne Moore by George Platt Lynes from the exhibit, “Poetic Likeness: Modern American Poets” at the National Portrait Gallery, courtesy of the museum Historian and poet David Ward ...

In his 1974 anthology Revolution of the World: A New Gathering of American Avant Garde Poetry 1914–1945, Jerome Rothenberg introduced American poet Bob Brown to those of us of a certain generation, ...