Lyricism in poetry is like the water poured in at the end of cooking rice,” said Jeong Ho-seung (75), one of Korea’s representative lyric poets. “Just as rice cannot be cooked without water, lyricism ...

For PJ Harvey, words, music and images all come from the same creative wellspring. P J HARVEY: In the early stages of writing a song, I very often see it in images and colors. And if I'm a bit stuck ...

Alice Notley’s “Peridots of Kings” is a poem set in what would be a postapocalyptic landscape, but this is not the landscape of some grimly imagined future. It is, instead, a stark view of the present ...

The Author’s poetry encapsulates the insights Goldman gained from over three decades of climbing, revealing how the moral dilemmas faced in the mountains mirror those encountered in everyday life.

This week’s guest on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Matt Mason, who lives in Omaha, Nebraska. Matt, who was the Nebraska State Poet from 2019-2024, started writing in high school and not long after ...

Poe’s most famous poem, “The Raven,” published in 1845—I prefer “The Bells”—papers the eight episodes. Besides the literal raven flitting about in episodes, there is also Roderick Usher’s ...