Poetry
Billy Collins’ “The Deep”
A new poem from the former poet laureate of the United States
March 2013 |
By Billy Collins
Who Are the Geniuses Behind Your Favorite Poems?
A new exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery unmasks the titans of modern American poetry
November 2012 |
By Joseph Stromberg
"Pattern and Snarl" – A New Poem by Amit Majmudar
Read the latest poem that was "inspired by a delight in design and pattern"
September 2012 |
By Amit Majmudar
Summer Olympics Look, a Poem
Poet J. Allyn Rosser's new piece on watching the Olympic Games
July 2012 |
By J. Allyn Rosser
Document Deep Dive: The Musical History of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Was the national anthem really set to the melody of a drinking tune? Take a closer look at the original manuscript of Francis Scott Key's song
June 13, 2012 |
By Megan Gambino
A Jazzed-Up Langston Hughes
A long-forgotten poem about the African-American experience is given new life in a multimedia performance
March 13, 2009 |
By Laban Carrick Hill
Mighty Mouth
Spoken-word artist Mayda del Valle brings to life "democracy writ large in poetry"
October 2007 |
By Serena Kim
The Epic of Gilgamesh Translation
Translated by Stephen Langdon, University of Pennsylvania
May 01, 2007 |
By Smithsonian magazine
Epic Hero
How a self-taught British genius rediscovered the Mesopotamian saga of Gilgamesh after 2,500 years
May 2007 |
By David Damrosch
Frost Bite
A recently discovered poem by Robert Frost has brought fame—and controversy—to an English student
March 01, 2007 |
By W. Andrew Ewell
Famous Once Again
Longfellow reaches his bicentennial; here's why his poems became perennial
February 2007 |
By Nicholas A. Basbanes
Evildoer
The Beowolf monster is a thousand years old, but his bad old tricks continue to resonate in the modern world
April 2006 |
By Matthew Gurewitsch
Rhyme or Cut Bait
When these fisher poets gather, nobody brags about the verse that got away
June 2005 |
By Sharon Boorstin
