Poems are made for the express purpose of re-figuring the world. They have no other reason for being. In them, metaphors are completely at home. In poems, metaphors subtly materialize or dynamically ...

SAN DIEGO — The stress of the pandemic inspired a former military nurse to write a book of poems for healthcare workers. In this Zevely Zone, I went to Carmel Valley to meet a woman of many talents.

Although I have never had a problem expressing myself, there are times when coming up with just the right words of love and encouragement can be challenging. When my daughter had our first grandchild, ...

The iconic American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature. Sara Danius, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, announced the prestigious award in ...

Earlier today in Stockholm, Sweden, the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to musician Bob Dylan for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition." The nod to ...

April is National Poetry Month! Who else besides me is excited and wants to try talking in haiku all month long? No one? Hmm, okay. One of my favorite definitions of the word “poetic” comes from Urban ...

Two remarkable new poetry collections are reshaping conversations about Black American identity and experience. Brad Walrond’s Every Where Alien and Cheryl Clarke‘s Archive of Style: New and Selected ...