Poetry Matters | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/poetry-matters/RSS feed for Poetry MattersenFri, 20 Nov 2020 15:53:42 +0000Long-Hidden Trove of Bob Dylan Letters, Handwritten Lyrics Heads to Auctionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/long-forgotten-trove-bob-dylan-items-sale-180976356/The archives of harmonica player and close Dylan friend Tony Glover act as a "time capsule" of 20th-century music, says RR AuctionFri, 20 Nov 2020 15:53:42 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/long-forgotten-trove-bob-dylan-items-sale-180976356/Fragment of 'The Rose Thorn,' a Poem About a Talking Vulva, Dated to the 1300shttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-talking-vulva-poem-dates-1300s-180972775/The section of the erotic Medieval fantasy was found in the binding of book in Austria's Melk monasteryFri, 02 Aug 2019 16:59:56 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-talking-vulva-poem-dates-1300s-180972775/Analysis Breaks Down the Annoying "Poet Voice"https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/analysis-breaks-down-annoying-poet-voice-180968960/It's not just you; poets also read their works aloud with long pauses, weird cadences and almost no emotionMon, 07 May 2018 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/analysis-breaks-down-annoying-poet-voice-180968960/Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Casket Rediscovered in Former Wine Cellar https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/poet-samuel-taylor-coleridges-casket-rediscovered-former-wine-cellar-180968811/Parishioners at St. Michael's Church in Highgate hope to refurbish the crypt after identifying where exactly Coleridge's final resting place wasTue, 17 Apr 2018 18:04:31 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/poet-samuel-taylor-coleridges-casket-rediscovered-former-wine-cellar-180968811/Researchers Investigate What Makes a Poem Popularhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-investigate-what-makes-poem-popular-180967395/A recent study found that vividness of imagery best predicted a poem's aesthetic appealMon, 04 Dec 2017 17:31:15 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-investigate-what-makes-poem-popular-180967395/Why Langston Hughes Still Reigns as a Poet for the Unchampionedhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-langston-hughes-still-reigns-poet-unchampioned-180963405/Fifty years after his death, Hughes’ extraordinary lyricism resonates with power to peopleMon, 22 May 2017 18:49:58 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-langston-hughes-still-reigns-poet-unchampioned-180963405/Is Bob Dylan a Poet? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/bob-dylan-poet-180960762/As the enigmatic singer, songwriter and troubadour takes the Nobel Prize in literature, one scholar ponders what his work is all aboutThu, 13 Oct 2016 20:13:20 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/bob-dylan-poet-180960762/What Langston Hughes’ Powerful Poem “I, Too" Tells Us About America's Past and Presenthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/what-langston-hughes-powerful-poem-i-too-americas-past-present-180960552/Smithsonian historian David Ward reflects on the work of Langston HughesThu, 22 Sep 2016 13:35:57 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/what-langston-hughes-powerful-poem-i-too-americas-past-present-180960552/Should We Hate Poetry?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/should-we-hate-poetry-180959832/It was precisely because poetry wasn’t hated that Plato feared it, writes the Smithsonian’s senior historian David Ward, who loves poetryWed, 20 Jul 2016 14:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/should-we-hate-poetry-180959832/Astronomers Recreate Ancient Skies to Date a Nearly 2,600-Year-Old Greek Poemhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomers-recreate-ancient-skies-date-nearly-2600-year-old-greek-poem-180959135/Researchers narrow down the dates for when the lonely poet Sappho wrote "Midnight Poem"Mon, 16 May 2016 16:23:11 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomers-recreate-ancient-skies-date-nearly-2600-year-old-greek-poem-180959135/