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Our critic A.O. Scott walks you through a poem that speaks to his mood right now. It’s called “Party Politics,” but it’s not about those parties, or those politics.

NASA and the U.S. Poet Laureate may not be obvious collaborators, but a Jupiter-bound mission helped them find common ground. NASA and the U.S. Poet Laureate may not be obvious collaborators, but ...

Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Report this post. This poem emerged from our nightmare week following October 7th 2023. I look back on it and would change nothing one year hence.

I Am Maria: My Poems and Reflections on Heartbreak, Healing, and Hope' will hit bookshelves on April 1, 2025 Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

The final part of the quest line will take you to the doorstep of one of the most challenging foes in the whole game, the Elegy of the Soul. Here are the ways to prepare for and defeat this boss.

Kenneth Lonergan explores the emptiness of celebrity in “Hold On to Me Darling,” while Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” proves as moving as ever. Letter from the U.K. The Art of Turning a ...

Leave it to notorious philanderer Bill Clinton to spice up a eulogy for Ethel Kennedy with inappropriate comments about how she used to “innocently” flirt with him. The cringe reference is not ...

While we're likely all familiar with quite possibly the most famous Halloween poem for kids — yes, I'm talking about the "trick or treat, smell my feet..." one — there are actually quite a few ...