By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

You may or may not share Dante’s religious convictions, but perhaps you can relate to the notion that romantic love at its ...

Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

The legendary romances of the Arab and North African world have have crafted tales of passion so deep, they continue to ...

Naomi Shihab Nye set the tone for her seventh visit to Santa Barbara with a quote by Rumi: “In this earth, in this soil, in ...

The life of Iraq’s most influential poet, Badr Al Sayyab, will be portrayed by seven Arab artists in London, showcasing his ...

March 21st is World Poetry Day, a day to celebrate the beauty and power of words. This special occasion shines a spotlight on ...

The poet says that while censorship in a dictatorship is nothing new, the same in a democracy feels like entering a new totalitarianism ...

Sharjah 24: The General Secretariat of the Sharjah Award for Arabic Poetry Criticism has selected “Cultural and Artistic Patterns in Contemporary Arabic Poetry” as the title for the fifth edition of ...

An Argentine federal judge has opened an investigation into the death of Spanish poet and playwright Federico ... Spain’s most famous human rights judge, Baltasar Garzón, opened an inquiry ...

Michael Longley, a key figure in contemporary poetry, has died at the age of 85 ... I remember remarking in Belfast – at the launch of Love Poet, Carpenter – a festschrift marking his 70th ...

I regarded him as a peerless poet with at least three poetic lives. It is, however, the generosity of his heart, and the lovely cadence of a voice of love and friendship that I will most remember.