One way to think of poems is as the stories of a moment. All art, at its root, is a way of telling stories. Even paintings — the Mona Lisa is the story of a woman’s smile; the ceiling of the Sistine ...

Fleury shut out the Canadiens in his final game in his home province of Quebec, earning a standing ovation lasting over two ...

When Amanda Gorman read her poem, “The Hill We Climb,” at former President Joe Biden’s inauguration, she became the youngest ...

"The number one thing people say if they lost someone in the attack -- they all say the same thing: 'I didn't get a chance to ...

The 37-year-old rapper, whose full name is Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, is known for his word use that more closely resembles poetry than lyrics. His work has been applauded so greatly that he has been ...

The funerals had already taken place,” he said, and replied yes when asked whether the moment changed his life. “There was ...

“That’s really supposed to just represent ... sprouted into the poem “8:48” which Matthew wrote during an especially hard night putting Ralph to sleep. “I had that moment of, ‘Well ...

On Bob Dylan.

Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...

Red is the colour of fire, passion, and rebellion burning beneath the surface. It demands attention, refuses to be ignored. On the cover of Footprints, the debu ...

Nothing New,” which the American poet wrote in 1918, is published for the first time in The New Yorker’s Anniversary Issue.