The poem reads, in part, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.” ...

World Poetry Day is observed annually on March 21 to pay tribute to poets. It also aims to promote the reading, writing, and ...

First of all, it wasn't even initially part of the Statue of Liberty. The statue was built in the 1870s and 1880s. The poem ...

Charles Baudelaire is our most religious 19th-century poet. It’s just that his poetry does religion in the mode of anti-religion.

The event featured a reading by poet and lecturer Cintia Santana, as well as brief presentations by a panel of graduate students on poetry they resonate with.

"We can prop the crumbling state / By properly directing hate." When I remark that Agee's political poems feel timely, Lofaro says, "Mankind hasn't changed enough .... We're still dealing with ...

And she said, ‘Because he writes these obscure poems.’ ” In 1966 ... “I gave up skiing, which I hate, but I can’t afford a fall.” What about cross-country skiing?

but it’s true You’re listening to the hate train it’s not on the brink of collapse things are not perfect but have you seen our luscious beavers? dude I love it here I don’t worry about ...

Submissions can be in the form of poetry (1-3 poems of no more than three pages), flash fiction (200-300 words) or autobiographical narrative (200-300 words). Submission deadline is Feb. 28.