The first Black woman appointed to the Supreme Court says Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "The Ladder of Saint Augustine," has been a guiding principle. Jackson's new memoir is Lovely One.

Reading these famous lines from William Wordsworth’s Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey as poetry, on the other hand, is a conscious activity requiring a different type of ...

From animals and family life to goofy people and more, these funny poems are guaranteed to make you laugh! Our editors and experts handpick every product we feature. We may earn a commission from ...

Shakespeare reading "Hamlet" to his family, circa 1600. Most people confuse a sonnet and a poem, but they have slight differences. A sonnet is a specific type of poem, typically consisting of 14 ...

Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

He is a retired municipal government economic development manager and veteran. He has three grown children and four ...

In an acrostic poem, the first letter of each line spells a word. The word is the subject of the poem. She really really likes stars. But this is no ordinary poem. This is an acrostic. So there is ...

Is it for some burial place, vast and dry? Is it to wet the soil of graves? This poem is written in free verse. Try writing your own free verse poem. It doesn't have to rhyme or use a structure ...

Amanda Gorman, a poet and activist who in 2021 made history as the youngest poet ever to read at a presidential inauguration, debuted a new poem on the third night of the Democratic convention ...

Modern history’s first written work to win an Olympic gold medal was “Ode to Sport,” a prose poem by Georges Hohrod and M. Eschbach. It begins: O Sport, delight of the Gods, distillation of ...

Trailblazers quarterback Wyatt Becker passes for nearly 200 yards and two touchdowns in the first half in a victory over the Lions on Friday night. Jackson Kollock leads Laguna Beach to a victory ...