How a New Yorker Put Poetry on the London Underground

Judith Chernaik’s idea to feature verse in subway cars has transformed the morning commutes of millions worldwide.

A lonely day leads to a college poetry prize

The Academy of American Poets gives prizes to university and college students. One of them is Lauren Chumbley.

Mundus Artium Press Publishes Dreaming and Awakening, Selected Poems by Zhao Lihong

Dreaming and Awakening, is a collection of selected poems by the Chinese poet Zhao Lihong, translated from the Chinese ...

Dancing Vowels Explores Identity, Connection, And Meaning Through Reflective Contemporary Poetry

Dancing Vowels Explores Identity, Connection, And Meaning Through Reflective Contemporary Poetry NEW YORK CITY, NY, ...

The Intimate, Luminous Poems Found in Iris Murdoch’s Attic

Iris Murdoch, the formidable Irish and British novelist and philosopher, died in 1999. Since then, the Murdoch industry has ...
The Lancet

Words and wonder: using poetry as part of the patient experience

A series of Mondays in 2025 saw me carry a box of creative writing prompts, balanced like a baby on my hip, and push one palm ...
Sarasota Magazine

Aimee Nezhukumatathil on the Power of Poetry

The award-winning poet, whose forthcoming book, "Night Owl," will be published in March, will participate in two talks during ...

The poet laureate with a bold plan to get Boyle Heights students into the woods — and on the stage

Through 'Feng Shui Poetry in the Parks,' launched by West Hollywood's poet laureate and nurtured by a local English teacher, ...

‘Poetry is about truth, difference, and breaking form’: Debut poet Adil Parashar aka Aranya

I know Adil Parashar, who uses the pen name Aranya for their writing, in many capacities: poet, friend, curator, editor. One thing that’s common across all these personas is the innately polyphonic ...