Poetry
Emily Dickinson Was Fiercer Than You Think
A new biopic shows the poet as more than a mysterious recluse
A Photographer Captures Emptiness and Longing in Longfellow's Nova Scotia
Photographer Mark Marchesi spent four years tracing images from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem, "Evangeline"
Is Bob Dylan a Poet?
As the enigmatic singer, songwriter and troubadour takes the Nobel Prize in literature, one scholar ponders what his work is all about
What Langston Hughes’ Powerful Poem “I, Too" Tells Us About America's Past and Present
Smithsonian historian David Ward reflects on the work of Langston Hughes
The Fight to Preserve Langston Hughes’ Harlem Home From Gentrification
A new kind of Harlem renaissance is threatening the home of one of America's greatest poets
Should We Hate Poetry?
It was precisely because poetry wasn’t hated that Plato feared it, writes the Smithsonian’s senior historian David Ward, who loves poetry
Anyone Can Contribute to This Giant Poem...if You Can Find This Typewriter
A roving typewriter tries to capture New York's subconscious
Why Twitter's "Poet Laureate" Has No Plans to Unmask His Real Identity
He tweets under the guise of @Brian_Bilston and uses the platform to reinvent the age-old form of writing
What Is Bertsolaritza and Who Are the Basque Poets Who Know It?
At the Folklife Festival, be sure to catch the singing, improvisational poetry slam that’s keeping a language alive
When the Painting Is Also Poetry
A sublime new show honors the Chinese tradition of the ‘Three Perfections’—poetry, painting and calligraphy
Five Fascinating Details About the Media Mogul Who May Have Written 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'
Everywhere that Sarah Josepha Hale went, success was sure to go
When It Rains in Boston, the Sidewalks Reveal Poetry
Water-resistant spray paint creates hidden poems on Beantown’s streets
Listen to Robert Frost Read His Poems
Recordings offer a chance to really listen to the meaning behind classics like "The Road Not Taken"
Astronomers Recreate Ancient Skies to Date a Nearly 2,600-Year-Old Greek Poem
Researchers narrow down the dates for when the lonely poet Sappho wrote "Midnight Poem"
A Rare Walt Whitman Letter Was Found in the National Archives
The poet wrote the letter on behalf of a dying soldier
Open Range Meets Open Mic at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering
Every year, the world's best cowboy poets gather in Elko, Nevada
Can the Civil War Still Inspire Today's Poets?
As epic verse about the American past falls victim to modernism, a poet who is also a historian calls for a revival
Listen to Bob Dylan Read '’Twas the Night Before Christmas'
A favorite voice interprets a classic
The City Nobel Laureate Joseph Brodsky Called Paradise
A journalist recalls his witching-hour walk through Venice with the famous poet
Poet and Musician Patti Smith’s Endless Search in Art and Life
The National Portrait Gallery’s senior historian David Ward takes a look at the rock 'n' roll legend's new memoir
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