Persian and other Islamic literature celebrated male homoerotic love as a form of divine longing – until Western moral codes ...

Megan Grumbling is a poet and writer who lives in Portland. Deep Water: Maine Poems is produced in collaboration with the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance. “On the Way to Lubec” appeared in the ...

I loved the student reporting on Gabrielle Calvocoressi’s “Oh Shoot” sessions because I love poetry and basketball. Poetry ...

On the final day of 2025, veteran actor Anupam Kher recited an emotional poem and reflected on the passing year, sharing wishes of love and hope with his fans through social media.

This week’s poem, Mary Tracy’s “Legacy,” considers our afterlives in the long span of deep time and larger natural cycles. I ...

Godmothers Grow: The Sacred Circle with Diana Raab, Ph.D., a space to gather, reflect, and connect with kindred spirits ...

Here are the year’s most notable collections of verse as chosen by our poetry columnist. Credit...Photo illustration by Sebastian Mast Supported by By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of ...

The Belfast poet cuts her words to fit, or suit, though her poems can also settle into the straightforwardness of a realist ...

Madhuri recalled working with Dharmendra and said he was a thorough gentleman, very sweet, encouraging, well-spoken, and never took his success seriously ...

Across the signs, today carries a bright, uplifting tone that favors health, connection and steady rewards for past efforts.

On Kim Hye-soon “The last enemy to be destroyed is death,” (1 Corinthians 15:26) the Apostle Paul declares. He says that death, the “last enemy,” can be destroyed, can be overcome. This is also a ...

Yearning and love have long been poetry’s most enduring subjects, often finding their deepest resonance in what remains unsaid. Romantic ache is the core of pla ...